a container for water

[alpacinou]

What is this called?



I mean the round thing for containing water. Is it a basin?

I need a word to fill in the blanks:

1. The ..... was empty/dry.

2. The .....was full of water.

 

[GoesStation]

That's the basin of a fountain.

 

[alpacinou]

That's the basin of a fountain.

Is this correct?



A girl with a green jacket was sitting on the edge of the empty basin of Girl with a Dolphin fountain.

 

[GoesStation]

Is this correct?

"A girl with a green jacket was sitting on the edge of the empty basin of the 'Girl with a Dolphin' fountain."

Yes, if previous text has established that the time frame is in the past. If you're writing a caption, it should use the present simple and title-style capitalization and drop the articles: "Girl in Green Jacket Sits on Edge of Empty Basin of 'Girl with a Dolphin' Fountain".

 

[tedmc]

I think you can also call that a pool.

 

[teechar]

I'd call it a fountain, not a pool.

 

[Tdol]

Where's the fountain spray?

 

[tedmc]

I'd call it a fountain, not a pool.

The whole thing is called a fountain, including the sculpture, nozzles, the pumps and the piping. The pool/basin which holds the water is part of it which OP was asking (round thing containing water).

 

[Glizdka]

Unless you intend to swim in it, don't call it a pool.

 

[teechar]

The whole thing is called a fountain, including the sculpture, nozzles, the pumps and the piping. The pool/basin which holds the water is the part [STRIKE]of it which[/STRIKE] the OP was asking about (the round thing containing water).

It's called fountain. Learn it!

 

[tedmc]

Unless you intend to swim in it, don't call it a pool.

What about these?

 

[Glizdka]

Not a teacher
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What about these?

If I can swim in it, I could call it a pool. If I can't, it's not a pool.

If it were bigger, it could become a pond, a lake, or a sea.

Basins are less picky when it comes to how big the water container has to be to be called such. The Mediterranean is a pretty big basin, though not a pool.

 

[tedmc]

Not a teacher
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If I can swim in it, I could call it a pool. If I can't, it's not a pool.

If it were bigger, it could become a pond, a lake, or a sea.

Basins are less picky when it comes to how big the water container has to be to be called such. The Mediterranean is a pretty big basin, though not a pool.

Fancy swimming at the Alhambra? ;-)

https://www.flickr.com/photos/fromhans/41197581330

https://www.piccavey.com/secrets-alhambra-palace-water/

And I wouldn't call them basins either, as they are not round in shape.

 

[Glizdka]

My drunk 17-year-old self once swam in one of these. Don't judge me. ;-)

 

[SoothingDave]

Don't try swimming in the reflecting pool in Washington, DC.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linco...,Monument to the east of the reflecting pool.

 

[emsr2d2]

I Googled "parts of a fountain". These are the first two that came up:


(Source: https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/77264949842440086/?autologin=true)



(Source: https://www.thisoldhouse.com/landscaping/21018540/all-about-garden-fountains)

As you can see, the word "pool" does not feature anywhere.

 

[tedmc]

emsr2d2
Those links you gave show some small-scale, domestic garden fountains with more or less the same, round, tiered design. What about water retaining structures in the large public fountains in public spaces and famous historical buildings and monuments such as the Alhambra and the Lincoln Memorial in Washington given above?
What do you call them?

I take a particular interest in this subject because I have been involved in fountain design.

 

[GoesStation]

What about water retaining structures in the large public fountains in oublic spaces and famous historical buildings and monuments such as the Alhambra and the Lincoln Memorial in Washington given above?
What do you call them?

I take a particular interest in this subject because I have been involved in fountain design.

They're also basins (as I said up-thread). I ate several times at a small restaurant in Châteauneuf-en-Auxois, France, whose owner was a retired architect. He said he'd worked for I. M. Pei and designed the basins at the Louvres pyramids before his retirement. He used the French word bassins to describe them, and I had no trouble understanding it in the context.

 

[Tdol]

Let's not forget the Lido.