BIN

bin

(noun) a container; usually has a lid

bin, binful

(noun) the quantity contained in a bin

bin

(verb) store in bins

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

bin (plural bins)

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

A container for rubbish or waste.

(statistics) Any of the discrete intervals in a histogram, etc

Synonyms

• (container): container, receptacle

• (container for waste): dustbin (British), rubbish bin (British), garbage can, trash can (both US)

Verb

bin (third-person singular simple present bins, present participle binning, simple past and past participle binned)

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

(British, informal) To throw away, reject, give up.

(statistics) To convert continuous data into discrete groups.

(transitive) To place into a bin for storage.

Synonyms

• (dispose of in a bin): chuck, chuck away, chuck out, discard, ditch, dump, junk, scrap, throw away, throw out, toss, trash

• See also junk

Etymology 2

Noun

bin

(in Arabic names) son of; equivalent to Hebrew בן.

Etymology 3

Contraction of being

Contraction

bin

(text messaging) Contraction of being.

Etymology 4

Contraction of been

Verb

bin

(obsolete, dialectal and text messaging) Alternative form of been

Etymology 5

Noun

bin (uncountable)

(computing, informal) Clipping of binary.

Anagrams

• BNI, NBI, NIB, ibn, nib

Source: Wiktionary

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Bin, n. Etym: [OE. binne, AS. binn manager, crib; perh. akin to D. ben, benne, basket, and to L. benna a kind of carriage ( a Gallic word), W. benn, men, wain, cart.]

Definition: A box, frame, crib, or inclosed place, used as a receptacle for any commodity; as, a corn bin; a wine bin; a coal bin.

Bin, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Binned; p. pr. & vb. n. Binning.]

Definition: To put into a bin; as, to bin wine.

Bin.

Definition: An old form of Be and Been. [Obs.]

Bin*.

Definition: A euphonic form of the prefix Bi-.

Bin*.

Definition: A euphonic form of the prefix Bi-.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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