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bin en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• [ˈbɪn]
• /ˈbɪn/
• (US) audio

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").

Meanings

1. A box, frame, crib, or enclosed place, used as a storage container.
   • a wine bin
   • a corn bin
   • a coal bin
2. A container for rubbish or waste.
   • a rubbish bin
   • an ashes bin
   • a wastepaper bin
   • British journalists shun complete respectability, feeling a duty to be ready to savage the mighty, or rummage through their bins. Elsewhere in Europe, government contracts and subsidies ensure that press barons will only defy the mighty so far. 2013 August 10, Lexington, “Keeping the mighty honest”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8848:
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. (Multicultural-London-English, slang, uncommon) Jail or prison.
   • Free up my G's locked in the bin Jail house comin' like subs one comes out then one goes in 2018 October 22, “Subs”, Slipz of Hoxton (lyrics):
6. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, slang) Ellipsis of loony bin (“lunatic asylum”).
   alt of loony bin
   • “She’s crazy,” I said. “She should be in a bin.” 1988, Margaret Atwood, Cat's Eye:
   • At the moment, and in "an emergency", you or I could be sent to the bin, willy-nilly, on the say-so of a single doctor (who may never have seen us before, and need have no particular experience of mental illness), so long as the application is supported by one of our relatives, or by a "social worker". 1973, New Scientist, volume 58, number 852, page 822:
7. (qualifier:video post-production) A digital file folder for organising media in a non-linear editing program.

Forms

Deriveds

refuse bin · wash bin · rebin · bin juice · coalbin · bin day · overhead bin · headbin · octabin · dump bin · bin tipper · rubbish bin · bin store · wheelie bin · ash-bin · paper bin · feedbin · bin man · bread bin · bin night · chilly bin · nappy bin · wastepaper bin · bin stick · binliner · recycling bin · swing bin · bargain bin · book bin · trash bin · bin liner · binwidth · binsite · washing bin · dustbin · bulk bin · garbage bin · ashbin · bin fire · bin diving · bin lorry · sin bin · bozo bin · binload · top bin · blood bin · bin chicken · binnable · cargo bin · binful · recycle bin · bass bin · sensory bin · woodbin · binman · bin bag · dumpbin · litter bin · pastebin · sin-bin · binology · communal bin · dust bin · loony bin · good as wheat in the bin · bin off · binlike · sandbin · wastebin · bin-bag · clothing bin · waste bin · compost bin · binbag · pedal bin · looney bin · binner · Bingate

Synonyms

prison · Pelican Bay · Lefortovo · remand center · detention centre · nick · Attica · stir · garbage can · Alcatraz · Devil's Island · correctional facility · brig · prison farm · stockade · container · hock · slammer · Maze · prison hulk · receptacle · chokey · joint · iron house · garbage can · prison camp · Hanoi Hilton · clink · pen · Dartmoor · calaboose · lockup · Bastille · gulag · dustbin · wastebin · Tower · glasshouse · jug · honor farm · penal colony · pokey · Folsom · Leavenworth · crowbar hotel · dungeon · roundhouse · juvie · trashbin · porridge · jailhouse · bin · big house · Sing Sing · choky · trash bin · trash can · house of detention · up the river · nigger university · San Quentin · bridewell · hole · guardhouse · garbage pail · waste bin · penitentiary · borstal · stalag · trashcan · queer ken · trash can · juvenile hall · jail · gaol · correctional institution · hoosegow · workhouse · tronk · can · prison ship · rubbish bin · graybar hotel · slam

Translations (67)

nl afvalbak (container for rubbish) · et konteiner (container used for storage) · el κάδος απορριμμάτων (container for rubbish) · bo སྒམ་སྒྲོམ (container used for storage) · sv tunna (container used for storage) · nl vuilnisbak (container for rubbish) · lv tīne (container used for storage) · fr poubelle (container for rubbish) · sva კიბდენ (container used for storage) · sv soptunna (container for rubbish) · pt tonel (container used for storage) · pl pojemnik (container used for storage) · gd biona (container used for storage) · es bote (de basura) (container for rubbish) · fr conteneur (container used for storage) · it bidone (container for rubbish) · tr çöp konteyneri (container for rubbish) · hu kuka (container for rubbish) · bg хамбар (container used for storage) · de Tonne (container used for storage) · ko 쓰레기통 (container for rubbish) · eo rubujo (container for rubbish) · lv atkritumu tvertne (container for rubbish) · uk засік (container used for storage) · ko 함 (container used for storage) · eu zakarrontzi (container for rubbish) · fi säiliö (container used for storage) · bg кофа за смет (container for rubbish) · ko 휴지통 (container for rubbish) · ru мусорный бак (container for rubbish) · pt latão (container for rubbish) · fi jäteastia (container for rubbish) · gd biona-sgudail (container for rubbish) · el κάδος (container for rubbish) · gd biona-stùir (container for rubbish) · mi ipupara (container for rubbish) · ne डस्टबिन (container for rubbish) · hu szemétláda (container for rubbish) · et kast (container used for storage) · hi बक्सा (container used for storage) · fi roskis (container for rubbish) · hu szemetes (container for rubbish) · fi roskasäiliö (container for rubbish) · hi कचरा पात्र (container for rubbish) · bg бункер (container used for storage) · lv lāde (container used for storage) · fi astia (container used for storage) · cs popelnice (container for rubbish) · pl kosz (na śmieci) (container for rubbish) · la cumera (container used for storage) · ru бак (container used for storage) · hi डिब्बा (container used for storage) · ar مَزْبَلَة (container for rubbish) · et prügikonteiner (container for rubbish) · gd biona (container for rubbish) · fr boîte (container used for storage) · et prügikast (container for rubbish) · cmn 垃圾桶 (container for rubbish) · ru конте́йнер (container used for storage) · ka კიდობანი (container used for storage) · hi कूड़ेदान (container for rubbish) · ru корзи́на (container used for storage) · hu tároló (container used for storage) · de Mülltonne (container for rubbish) · es caneca (container for rubbish) · es bote (container used for storage) · et prükkar (container for rubbish)

bin en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• [ˈbɪn]
• /ˈbɪn/
• (US) audio

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").

Meanings

1. (UK, informal) To dispose of (something) by putting it into a bin, or as if putting it into a bin.
   • He put the bank statement in the shoebox marked "Bank Statements" and binned the rest. 2008, Tom Holt, Falling Sideways, Orbit books,, →ISBN, page 28:
2. (UK, informal) To throw away, reject, give up.
   • This splendid eloquence was promptly binned by the pope, […] 2002, Christopher Harvie, Scotland: A Short History, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 59:
   • The CC [Co-ordinating Centre] had long since binned the idea of catching the regular shuttle service, […] 2005, Ian Oliver, War and peace in the Balkans: the diplomacy of conflict in the former Yugoslavia, I.B. Tauris, →ISBN, page 238:
   • NR also wants more effort made to bin out-of-date 1970s technology, but only replacing it with equipment that meets customer needs, rather than high-tech kit just for the sake of it. 2021 September 22, Howard Johnston, “NR: stop firefighting and plan for long-term progress”, in RAIL, number 940, page 11:
3. To convert continuous data into discrete groups.
4. (transitive) To place into a bin for storage.
   • to bin wine

Forms

Synonyms

jettison · cast aside · bin · trash · dispose of · throw out · dump · 86 · shift · junk · can · scrap · get rid of · discard · chuck · chuck away · throw aside · ditch · cast away · chuck out · discard · pitch · cast off · chuck · chuck away · throw away · toss · dump

Translations (8)

ko 버리다 (to throw away, reject, give up) · it cestinare (informal: dispose of in a bin or as if in a bin) · nl dumpen (informal: dispose of in a bin or as if in a bin) · sv kasta (informal: dispose of in a bin or as if in a bin) · nl weggooien (informal: dispose of in a bin or as if in a bin) · fi heittää roskiin (informal: dispose of in a bin or as if in a bin) · sv slänga (informal: dispose of in a bin or as if in a bin) · fr benner (informal: dispose of in a bin or as if in a bin)

bin en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• [ˈbɪn]
• /ˈbɪn/
• (US) audio

Etymology

From Arabic بِن (bin, “son”).

Meanings

1. (in Arabic names) son of; equivalent to Hebrew בן (ben).

Coordinates

ibn (son of)

bin en · X · etymology 3

Pronunciation

• [ˈbɪn]
• /ˈbɪn/
• (US) audio

Etymology

Contraction of being.

Meanings

1. (Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, contraction) Contraction of being.
   alt of being

bin en · VERB · etymology 4

Pronunciation

• [ˈbɪn]
• /ˈbɪn/
• (US) audio

Etymology

Pronunciation spelling of been.

Meanings

1. (Internet, alt-of, alternative, dialectal, obsolete) Alternative form of been.
   alt of been
   • ‘Mebbe you’re right, Jed. Mebbe you’re right,’ sighed Peter. ‘I don’t see how you missed your master’s license, though. ’Twould ha’ bin fitter for a master to own shares in his ship than a fust mate.’ 1930, Captain Dingle, “In Conclusion” (chapter 34), in Seaworthy, Cambridge, Mass.: The Riverside Press, page 274:
   • Many of the lupus piscis I have seen, and have bin informed by the king's fishmonger they are taken on our coast […] 1669, Christopher Merrett, letter to Thomas Browne:

bin en · NOUN · etymology 5

Pronunciation

• [ˈbɪn]
• /ˈbɪn/
• (US) audio

Etymology

Clipping of binary.

Meanings

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, uncountable) Clipping of binary.
   alt of binary

Forms