Bin Definition

bĭn

binned, binning, bins

noun

bins

A container or enclosed space for storage.

American Heritage

A box or other receptacle, or an enclosed space, esp. for storing foods or other articles for a time.

Webster's New World

A container or enclosed space for storage.

American Heritage

A container for rubbish.

Webster's New World

A box, frame, crib, or enclosed place, used as a storage container.

A corn bin; a wine bin; a coal bin.

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verb

binned, binning, bins

To place or store in a bin.

American Heritage

To put or store in a bin.

Webster's New World

To place or store in a bin.

American Heritage

To discard in or as in a rubbish bin.

Webster's New World

(chiefly UK, informal) To dispose of (something) by putting it into a bin, or as if putting it into a bin.

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Webster's New World

contraction

(text messaging) Contraction of being.

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Other Word Forms of Bin

Singular:

bin

Plural:

Middle English binne from Old English from a West Germanic word meaning “wicker basket,” from Gaulish benna two-wheeled wagon with a woven basket Welsh ben cart bhendh- in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Middle English binne from Old English from a West Germanic word meaning “wicker basket,” from Gaulish benna two-wheeled wagon with a woven basket Welsh ben cart bhendh- in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Old English binne 'crib', from West Germanic, from Gaulish benna 'four-wheeled cart; caisson' (compare Old Irish buinne, Welsh benn 'cart', Old Breton benn 'caisson').

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From Arabic بن (ben, bin).

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Contraction of being

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Contraction of been

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Short for binary.

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