Hypertext Webster Gateway: "bin"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Bin \Bin\, n. [OE. binne, AS. binn manager, crib; perh. akin to
D. ben, benne, basket, and to L. benna a kind of carriage ( a
Gallic word), W. benn, men, wain, cart.]
A box, frame, crib, or inclosed place, used as a receptacle
for any commodity; as, a corn bin; a wine bin; a coal bin.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Bin \Bin\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Binned}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Binning}.]
To put into a bin; as, to bin wine.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Bin \Bin\
An old form of {Be} and {Been}. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Bin- \Bin-\
A euphonic form of the prefix {Bi-}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
bin
n 1: a container; usually has a lid
2: the quantity contained in a bin [syn: {binful}]
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 [syn: {bank identification number}, {BIN}, {ABA
transit number}]
v : store in bins
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