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
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
• (container): container, receptacle
• (container for waste): dustbin (British), rubbish bin (British), garbage can, trash can (both US)
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.
• (dispose of in a bin): chuck, chuck away, chuck out, discard, ditch, dump, junk, scrap, throw away, throw out, toss, trash
• See also junk
bin
(in Arabic names) son of; equivalent to Hebrew בן.
Contraction of being
bin
(text messaging) Contraction of being.
Contraction of been
bin
(obsolete, dialectal and text messaging) Alternative form of been
bin (uncountable)
(computing, informal) Clipping of binary.
• 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
23 November 2024
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
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