English Explanatory Dictionary

bin

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A box, frame, crib, or enclosed place, used as a storage container.
  2. A container for rubbish or waste.
  3. Any of the discrete intervals in a histogram, etc
  4. Any of the fixed-size chunks into which airspace is divided for the purposes of radar.
  5. Jail or prison.
  6. Ellipsis of loony bin (“lunatic asylum”).
  7. A digital file folder for organising media in a non-linear editing program.
verb
  1. To dispose of (something) by putting it into a bin, or as if putting it into a bin.
  2. To throw away, reject, give up.
  3. To convert continuous data into discrete groups.
  4. To place into a bin for storage.
noun
  1. son of; equivalent to Hebrew בן (ben).
contraction
  1. Contraction of being.
verb
  1. Alternative form of been.
noun
  1. Clipping of binary.
name
  1. A surname from Chinese.

Pronunciation

bĭn /bɪn/ en-us-bin.ogg

Word forms

bin bins binning binned

Etymology

From Middle English bynne, from Old English binn (“crib, manger”), from Late Latin benna or a Celtic language, possibly Proto-Brythonic *benn (“cart, carriage”) (whence Middle Welsh benn, Old Breton benn (“caisson”), modern Welsh ben), from Proto-Celtic *bend(n)ā (whence Gaulish benna). Compare German Benne (“wheelbarrow”) and Middle Dutch benne (“basket”), whence modern Dutch ben and as a borrowing, West Frisian bin (both "wicker basket").

Synonyms

container receptacle dustbin rubbish bin garbage can trash can bin garbage pail trash bin trashbin trashcan waste bin wastebin big house borstal bridewell brig calaboose can chokey choky clink correctional facility correctional institution crowbar hotel detention centre dungeon gaol glasshouse graybar hotel guardhouse gulag hock hole honor farm hoosegow house of detention iron house jail jailhouse joint jug juvenile hall juvie lockup nigger university nick pen penal colony penitentiary pokey porridge prison prison camp prison farm prison hulk prison ship queer ken remand center roundhouse

Derived words

ashbin ash-bin bargain bin bass bin bin-bag bin bag binbag bin chicken bin day bin diving bin fire binful Bingate bin juice binlike binliner bin liner binload bin lorry binman bin man binnable binner bin night bin off binology binsite bin stick bin store bin tipper binwidth blood bin book bin bozo bin bread bin cargo bin chilly bin clothing bin coalbin communal bin compost bin dump bin dumpbin dustbin dust bin feedbin garbage bin good as wheat in the bin headbin litter bin looney bin loony bin nappy bin overhead bin paper bin pastebin pedal bin rebin recycle bin recycling bin
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