bin (bɪn
)
Definitions
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
Word forms: bins, binning, binned
- (tr) to store in a bin
- (tr) to put in a wastepaper bin
Word Origin
Old English binne basket, probably of Celtic origin; related to bindan to bind1bi-1 or (sometimes before a vowel) bin-
Definitions
combining form
- two; having two ⇒
bifocal
- occurring every two; lasting for two ⇒
biennial
- on both sides, surfaces, directions, etc ⇒
bilateral
- occurring twice during ⇒
biweekly
- denoting an organic compound containing two identical cyclic hydrocarbon systems ⇒
biphenyl
- (rare in technical usage) indicating an acid salt of a dibasic acid ⇒
sodium bicarbonate
- (not in technical usage) equivalent of di-1 (sense 2a)
- denoting an organic compound containing two identical cyclic hydrocarbon systems ⇒
Word Origin
from Latin, from bistwiceTranslations
- British English:
bin
A bin is a container that you put rubbish in.He screwed the paper up and chucked it in the bin.bɪn NOUN He screwed the paper up and chucked it in the bin.
- Spanish:
cubo
nm
- French:
poubelle
nf
- German:
Mülleimer
nm Mülleimer
- Chinese: l垃圾箱 n
- Arabic: صَفِيحَة لِلزُّبالَة n
- Portuguese: caixote do lixo nm
- Russian: мусорное ведро nm
- Croatian: kanta nf
- Czech: koš nm
- Danish: bøtte nutr
- Dutch: vuilnisbak nm
- Finnish: roskakori n
- Greek: κάδος nm
- Italian: bidone nm
- Japanese: ごみ箱 n
- Korean: 쓰레기통 n
- Norwegian: søppelkasse nm
- Polish: kosz na śmieci nm
- Brazilian Portuguese: lixo nm
- European Spanish:
cubo
nm
- Swedish: sophink nutr
- Thai: ถังขยะ n
- Turkish: çöp tenekesi n
- Vietnamese: thùng n
Usage examples
I knew she must be here to find out about the mine -- the same questions you bin asking.
, High Stand (1985)Bush even declared in March 2002 that bin Laden was no longer a big threat to the West.
Spiked (2002)For a family with one baby, half of a typical waste bin will consist of disposable nappies.
Irish Times (2002)The oppression of the Taliban and the murderous bin Laden will not withstand such withering goodness.
Glasgow Herald (2001)To which one can only respond that the evidence was pretty good on September 11 that bin Laden was responsible for the massacres.
, LEND ME YOUR EARS (2003)