bin

Plural: bins

Noun

a container; usually has a lid
the quantity contained in a 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 itself
A box, frame, crib, or enclosed place, used as a storage container.
A container for rubbish or waste.
Any of the discrete intervals in a histogram, etc
Any of the fixed-size chunks into which airspace is divided for the purposes of radar.
Jail or prison.
Ellipsis of loony bin (“lunatic asylum”).
A digital file folder for organising media in a non-linear editing program.
son of; equivalent to Hebrew בן (ben).
Clipping of binary.

Verb

Verb Forms: binned, binning, bins

To store something in a large container or receptacle.
store in bins
To dispose of (something) by putting it into a bin, or as if putting it into a bin.
To throw away, reject, give up.
To convert continuous data into discrete groups.
To place into a bin for storage.
Alternative form of been.

Contraction

Contraction of being.

Examples

a coal bin
a corn bin
a rubbish bin
a wastepaper bin
a wine bin
an ashes bin
He decided to BIN his low-value tiles, hoping for a better draw in the next turn.
to bin wine

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English bynne, from Old English binn (“crib, manger”), from Proto-West Germanic *binnu, *binnā, from Gaulish benna (“four-wheeled cart; caisson”) (compare Old Irish buinne, Welsh ben (“cart”), Old Breton benn (“caisson”)). Cognate with West Frisian bin (“wicker basket”), Middle Dutch benne (“basket”), whence modern Dutch ben (“wicker basket”), German Benne (“wheelbarrow”).

Synonyms

ABA transit number, bank identification number, binful, 86, Alcatraz, Attica, Bastille, Dartmoor, Devil's Island, Folsom, Hanoi Hilton, Leavenworth, Lefortovo, Maze, Pelican Bay, San Quentin, Sing Sing, Tower, big house, bin, borstal, bridewell, brig, calaboose, can, cast aside, cast away, chokey, choky, chuck, chuck away, chuck out, clink, container, correctional facility, correctional institution, crowbar hotel, detention centre, discard, dispose of, ditch, dump, dungeon, dustbin, gaol, garbage can, get rid of, glasshouse, graybar hotel, guardhouse, gulag, hock, hole, honor farm, hoosegow, house of detention, iron house, jail, jailhouse, jettison, joint, jug, junk, juvenile hall, juvie, lockup, nick, nigger university, pen, penal colony, penitentiary, pitch, pokey, porridge, prison, prison camp, prison farm, prison hulk, prison ship, queer ken, receptacle, remand center, roundhouse, rubbish bin, scrap, shift, slam, slammer, stalag, stir, stockade, throw aside, throw away, throw out, toss, trash, trash can, tronk, up the river, waste bin, wastebin, workhouse

Scrabble Score: 5

bin: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
bin: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
bin: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 7

bin: valid Words With Friends Word