bin

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A container for rubbish or waste.

   Please throw the wrapper in the bin.

2. 2
   noun

   A box or container used for storing things.

   He kept the grain in a large wooden bin.

3. 3
   verb

   To throw something away by putting it in a bin.

   He binned the old bank statements he no longer needed.

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").

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