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bin
(bĭn)n.
A container or enclosed space for storage.
tr.v. binned, bin·ning, bins
To place or store in a bin.
[Middle English binne, from Old English, from a West Germanic word meaning "wicker basket," from Gaulish benna, two-wheeled wagon with a woven basket; akin to Welsh ben, cart; see bhendh- in Indo-European roots.]
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bin
(bɪn)n
1. a large container or enclosed space for storing something in bulk, such as coal, grain, or wool
2. Also called: bread bin a small container for bread
3. Also called: dustbin or rubbish bin a container for litter, rubbish, etc
4. (Brewing)
a. a storage place for bottled wine
b. one particular bottling of wine
vb, bins, binning or binned
5. (tr) to store in a bin
6. (tr) to put in a wastepaper bin
[Old English binne basket, probably of Celtic origin; related to bindan to bind]
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bin
(bɪn)n., v. binned, bin•ning. n.
1. a box or enclosed place for storing grain, coal, or the like.
v.t. 2. to store in a bin.
[before 950; Middle English binne, Old English binn(e) crib, perhaps < Celtic; compare Welsh benn cart]
bin-
a combining form meaning “two,” “two at a time”: binocular. Compare bi- 1.
[comb. form of Latin bīnī two each, by twos]
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bin
Past participle: binned
Gerund: binning
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| Noun | 1. |  bin - a container; usually has a lid ash bin, ashbin, ash-bin, ashcan, dustbin, garbage can, trash barrel, trash bin, trash can, wastebin - a bin that holds rubbish until it is collected container - any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another) crib - a bin or granary for storing grains flour bin - a bin for holding flour litter basket, litter-basket, litterbin - bin (usually in or outside a public building) into which the public can put rubbish parts bin - a bin for holding spare parts recycling bin - a bin for depositing things to be recycled |
| 2. |  bin - the quantity contained in a bin containerful - the quantity that a container will hold | |
| 3. |  BIN - an identification number consisting of a two-part code assigned to banks and savings associations; the first part shows the location and the second identifies the bank itselfidentification number, number - a numeral or string of numerals that is used for identification; "she refused to give them her Social Security number" | |
| Verb | 1. |  bin - store in bins salt away, stack away, stash away, store, hive away, lay in, put in - keep or lay aside for future use; "store grain for the winter"; "The bear stores fat for the period of hibernation when he doesn't eat" |
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bin
noun dustbin, bucket (Scot.) garbage can, wastepaper basket, circular file He screwed the paper up and chucked it in the bin.
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Translations
صَفِيحَة لِلزُّبالَةوَعاء، صُنْدوق
košpopelnicetruhlazásobník
affaldsspandbeholderbøtte
kastkonteinerprügikastprügikonteinerprükkar
astiaroskakorisäiliö
kanta za smeće
ílát, ruslafata/tunna
ごみ箱
쓰레기통
aruodasdėžėkonteineris
apcirknisatkritumu tvertnepapīrgrozs
košarasmetnjak
sophink
ถังขยะ
thùng rác
l垃圾箱箱柜
bin
[bɪn]A. N (for bread) → panera f; (for coal) → carbonera f; (= rubbish bin, dustbin) → cubo m de la basura, tarro m de la basura (LAm); (= litter bin) → papelera f
B. VT (= throw away) → tirar
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
bin
[ˈbɪn]Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
bin
n
(esp Brit, for bread) → Brotkasten m; (for coal) → (Kohlen)kasten m; (= rubbish bin) → Mülleimer m; (= dustbin) → Mülltonne f; (= litter bin) → Abfallbehälter m
(for grain) → Tonne f
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
bin
[bɪn] n (for coal, rubbish) → bidone m; (for bread) → cassetta (Brit) (dustbin) → pattumiera; (litterbin) → cestinoCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
bin
(bin) noun a container (usually metal or plastic, often large) in which corn etc is stored or rubbish is collected. a waste-paper bin; a dustbin.
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bin
→ صَفِيحَة لِلزُّبالَة koš bøtte Mülleimer κάδος cubo, papelera roskakori poubelle kanta za smeće bidone ごみ箱 쓰레기통 vuilnisbak søppelkasse kosz na śmieci caixote do lixo, lixo мусорное ведро sophink ถังขยะ çöp tenekesi thùng rác l垃圾箱Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009