noun a box or enclosed place for storing grain, coal, or the like.
verb (used with object), binned, bin·ning. Origin of bin before 950; Middle English binne, Old English binn(e ) crib, perhaps < Celtic; compare Welsh benn cart
Related forms un·binned , adjective a combining form meaning “two,” “two at a time,” used in the formation of compound words: binary; binocular.
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Origin of bin- combining form of Latin bīnī two each, by twos
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Examples from the Web for bin Contemporary Examples of bin You were basically the guy to do every dictator or crazy character, from Gaddafi and Ahmadinejad to Bin Laden.
Yet I had serious trouble understanding how to cheer on the news of Bin Laden or anyone else dying.
Picking up cans and bags out of the bin and throwing them back, over and over.
He held the garbage close to his face, then put it back in the bin .
Bin Zayed said the suspect was identified within 24 hours and arrested within 48 hours of the attacks.
Historical Examples of bin If it hadn't a bin in Henry's house I'd took a wrestle out of him.
WE had bin havin' a good deal of argufyin' about the school house.
I must fill the bin of the oxen with hay, and water them, and carry out the dung.
It's yersel' knows the tinder feet that's on me since ever I 've bin in this counthry.
We jumped to our feet an' shouted, for it was the richest placer that had as yet bin found.
British Dictionary definitions for bin noun a large container or enclosed space for storing something in bulk, such as coal, grain, or wool
Also called: bread bin a small container for bread
Also called: dustbin , rubbish bin a container for litter, rubbish, etc
British a storage place for bottled wine one particular bottling of wine Show More
verb bins , binning or binned (tr) to store in a bin
(tr) to put in a wastepaper bin
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Word Origin for bin Old English binne basket, probably of Celtic origin; related to bindan to bind
prefix a variant, esp before a vowel, of bi- 1 binocular Show More
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Word Origin and History for bin n. "receptacle," Old English binne "basket, manger, crib," probably from Gaulish, from Old Celtic *benna , akin to Welsh benn "a cart," especially one with a woven wicker body. The same Celtic word seems to be preserved in Italian benna "dung cart," French benne "grape-gatherer's creel," Dutch benne "large basket," all from Late Latin benna "cart," Medieval Latin benna "basket." Some linguists think there was a Germanic form parallel to the Celtic one.
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