Bin Meaning
/ˈbɪn/Definition, CEFR level A2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA box, frame, crib, or enclosed place, used as a storage container.
nounA container for rubbish or waste.
Sentence Examples
Do you like baseball, Bin?
Bin lived in Singapore.
Uninstall method: Chuck the whole folder into the recycle bin.
CEFR Practice Quiz
Please throw the empty soda can into the recycling ____ near the door.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Please put your trash in the ____ instead of throwing it on the grass.
Word Origin & History
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").
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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:
"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):
"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:
"“She’s crazy,” I said. “She should be in a bin.”"
— 1988, Margaret Atwood, Cat's Eye:
"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:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
Please throw the empty soda can into the recycling ____ near the door.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Please put your trash in the ____ instead of throwing it on the grass.