bins

British  

/ bɪnz /

plural noun

1. dialect a pair of glasses

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Example Sentences

Every time I needed a single ingredient, I had to shuffle through a stack of identical, unlabeled bins, opening and closing them like a particularly tedious shell game.

From Salon • Mar. 19, 2026

Residents living near these communities are urged to ensure food and trash bins are not left out, as the animals are highly food-motivated.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 14, 2026

In December Gustafson posted a short video to Instagram showing her and her husband, who now works for the club full-time, dropping off bins of hunter green and red envelopes at a local post office.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 1, 2026

The ground-level containers hide a chute to underground bins, one for recycling and one for general waste, that Hirra says are meant to be collected on different days so one doesn't contaminate the other.

From BBC • Feb. 25, 2026

“Since there is an equal chance of a marble bouncing left or right at each peg, the marble stacks in the bins below will, on average, form the classic bell-shaped curve of normal distribution.”

From "Shine!" by J.J. and Chris Grabenstein