bin

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noun

a box or enclosed place for storing grain, coal, or the like.

verb (used with object), binned, bin·ning.

to store in a bin.

Origin of bin

before 950; Middle English binne, Old English binn(e) crib, perhaps < Celtic; compare Welsh benn cart

Related formsun·binned, adjective

Can be confusedbean been Ben bin

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Related Words for binning

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Historical Examples of binning

Up to that period, since leaving Yarmouth, Binning had lain flat on his back.
The Lively Poll
R.M. Ballantyne
The sudden approach and rapid advance of the Spring, says Mr. Binning, are very striking.
The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam
Omar Khayyam
Then across the strip of moonlit, to sleep my lone, under the hospitable teak roof-trees of "a Binning!"
From Edinburgh to India & Burmah
William G. Burn Murdoch
George, hearing of this through a common friend, cordially responds, and Richard is invited to spend a few weeks at Binning Hall.
Crabbe, (George)
Alfred Ainger
These marked the first recognition of binning as a way of storing wines in bottles laid on their sides.
The Cultural History of Marlborough, Virginia
C. Malcolm Watkins

British Dictionary definitions for binning

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

verb bins, binning or binned

(tr) to store in a bin

(tr) to put in a wastepaper bin

Word Origin for bin

Old English binne basket, probably of Celtic origin; related to bindan to bind

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Word Origin and History for binning

bin

"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.