bin

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/bɪn/

noun 7verb 5contraction 1name 1

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

litter, rubbish, waste, wastepaper

I need to put these old newspapers in the recycling bin before the collectors come tomorrow.

storage | pedal, wheelie

VERB + BIN

chuck sth in/into, put sth in, throw sth in/into

BIN + NOUN

bag, liner | man

PREP

in a/the ~

I found some old magazines in the bin behind the house.

Definitions

noun

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

a corn bin

a wine bin

A container for rubbish or waste.

a rubbish bin

a wastepaper bin

Any of the discrete intervals in a histogram, etc

Any of the fixed-size chunks into which airspace is divided for the purposes of radar.

Jail or prison.

Free up my G's locked in the bin Jail house comin' like subs one comes out then one goes in

verb

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

He put the bank statement in the shoebox marked "Bank Statements" and binned the rest.

To throw away, reject, give up.

This splendid eloquence was promptly binned by the pope, […]

The CC [Co-ordinating Centre] had long since binned the idea of catching the regular shuttle service, […]

To convert continuous data into discrete groups.

To place into a bin for storage.

to bin wine

noun

son of; equivalent to Hebrew בן (ben).

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — the quantity contained in a bin

binful

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

a corn bin

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a wine bin

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a coal bin

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He put the bank statement in the shoebox marked "Bank Statements" and binned the rest.

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This splendid eloquence was promptly binned by the pope, […]

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The CC [Co-ordinating Centre] had long since binned the idea of catching the regular shuttle service, […]

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, bin is marked as slang, informal, obsolete, British. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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