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noun

a box or enclosed place for storing grain, coal, or the like.

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verb (used with object)

to store in a bin.

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Origin:
before 950; Middle English binne, Old English binn(e) crib, perhaps < Celtic; compare Welsh benn cart

Related forms

un·binned, adjective

Can be confused: bean, been, Ben, bin.

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a combining form meaning “two,” “two at a time,” used in the formation of compound words: binary; binocular.

Compare bi-¹.

Origin:
combining form of Latin bīnī two each, by twos

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bin (bɪn)

—n
1.	a large container or enclosed space for storing something in bulk, such as coal, grain, or wool
2.	Also called: bread bin a small container for bread
3.	dustbin, Also called: rubbish bin a container for litter, rubbish, etc
4.	(Brit)
	a. a storage place for bottled wine
	b. one particular bottling of wine

—vb , bins, binning, binned
5.	(tr) to store in a bin
6.	(tr) to put in a wastepaper bin

[Old English binne basket, probably of Celtic origin; related to bindan to bind]

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Word Origin & History

bin

O.E. binne "basket, manger, crib," from Gaulish, from O.Celt. *benna, akin to Welsh benn "a cart," especially one with a woven wicker body. The same Celtic word seems to be preserved in It. benna "dung cart," Fr. benne "grape-gatherer's creel," Du. benne "large basket," from L.L. benna. Some linguists

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think there was a Germanic form parallel to the Celtic one.

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Medical Dictionary

bin- pref.
Variant of bi-¹.

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Abbreviations & Acronyms

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