Meanings of wash-hand basin in English

Next door, there is a small double bedroom with a wash-hand basin and a pretty fireplace.

At the end of the hallway, under the stairs, is a guest cloakroom with a lavatory and wash-hand basin.

There is significant noise when neighbours above me use their en suite for showers, toilet or using the wash-hand basin.

However, says Susan McGowan, creative director with Ashen and Cloud, the real essentials are a WC, wash-hand basin and a shower.

They also have plenty of square, shallow glass sinks, which seem to have replaced the bowl sink as the wash-hand basin du jour.

Two of the bedrooms upstairs have wash-hand basins.

'But in the wrong place, naturally.' They crossed to the wash-hand basin.

"On the corner of the wash-hand basin, you said?" another voice asked.

It had internal telephones, concealed lighting, dining tables with in-built hotplates, wood panelling, wash-hand basins in bedrooms and oil-fired central heating.

"I did not examine the wash-hand basin," he answered.