BIN (binned, binning)

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IPA (US):

Irregular inflected forms: binned    , binning   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does BIN mean? 

• BIN (noun)
  The noun BIN has 3 senses:

1. a container; usually has a lid

2. the quantity contained in a bin

3. 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

  Familiarity information: BIN used as a noun is uncommon.

• BIN (verb)
  The verb BIN has 1 sense:

1. store in bins

  Familiarity information: BIN used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A container; usually has a lid

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("bin" is a kind of...):

container (any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bin"):

ash-bin; ash bin; ashbin; ashcan; dustbin; garbage can; trash barrel; trash bin; trash can; wastebin (a bin that holds rubbish until it is collected)

coalbin; coalhole (a bin for holding coal)

crib (a bin or granary for storing grains)

flour bin (a bin for holding flour)

litter-basket; litter basket; litterbin (bin (usually in or outside a public building) into which the public can put rubbish)

parts bin (a bin for holding spare parts)

recycling bin (a bin for depositing things to be recycled)

Derivation:

bin (store in bins)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The quantity contained in a bin

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

bin; binful

Hypernyms ("bin" is a kind of...):

containerful (the quantity that a container will hold)

Sense 3

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

ABA transit number; bank identification number; BIN

Hypernyms ("BIN" is a kind of...):

number (a numeral or string of numerals that is used for identification and may be attached to accounts, memberships, etc.)

• BIN (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they bin    ... he / she / it bins   
Past simple: binned   
Past participle: binned   
-ing form: binning   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Store in bins

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "bin" is one way to...):

hive away; lay in; put in; salt away; stack away; stash away; store (keep or lay aside for future use)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

bin (a container; usually has a lid)

 Context examples 

Bristol’s as full o’ young fightin’-men now as a bin is of bottles.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Farms have many health and safety hazards, including: • Chemicals and pesticides • Machinery, tools and equipment that can be dangerous • Hazardous areas, such as grain bins, silos and wells • Livestock that can spread diseases or cause injuries

(Farm Health and Safety, Occupational Safety and Health Administration)

I am now in a condition to show, by—HEEP'S—false books, and—HEEP'S—real memoranda, beginning with the partially destroyed pocket-book (which I was unable to comprehend, at the time of its accidental discovery by Mrs. Micawber, on our taking possession of our present abode, in the locker or bin devoted to the reception of the ashes calcined on our domestic hearth), that the weaknesses, the faults, the very virtues, the parental affections, and the sense of honour, of the unhappy Mr. W. have been for years acted on by, and warped to the base purposes of—HEEP.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Should I sleep at night in one of those wooden bins, with the other luggage, and wash myself at the pump in the yard in the morning; or should I be turned out every night, and expected to come again to be left till called for, when the office opened next day?

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)