bin

CEFRA2

/ˈbɪn/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    a container; usually has a lid.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A container for rubbish or waste.

Examples

  • Uninstall method: Chuck the whole folder into the recycle bin.

  • Do you like baseball, Bin?

At a glance

Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Any of the discrete intervals in a histogram, etc

  2. A box, frame, crib, or enclosed place, used as a storage container.

  3. Any of the fixed-size chunks into which airspace is divided for the purposes of radar.

More examples

In context

  • Bin lived in Singapore.

  • a rubbish bin

  • a wastepaper bin

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

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").