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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
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
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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