 6 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
bin
noun
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}, {ABA transit
number}]
verb: store in bins
[also: {binning}, {binned}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Bin \Bin\, noun [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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Bin \Bin\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Binned}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Binning}.]
To put into a bin; as, to bin wine.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Bin- \Bin-\
A euphonic form of the prefix {Bi-}.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Bin \Bin\
An old form of {Be} and {Been}. [Obs.]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
59 Moby Thesaurus words for "bin":
archives, armory, arsenal, attic, bank, basement, bay,
bonded warehouse, bookcase, box, bunker, buttery, cargo dock,
cellar, chest, closet, conservatory, crate, crib, cupboard,
depository, depot, dock, drawer, dump, exchequer, glory hole,
godown, hold, hutch, library, locker, lumber room, lumberyard,
magasin, magazine, rack, repertory, repository, reservoir, rick,
shelf, stack, stack room, stock room, storage, store, storehouse,
storeroom, supply base, supply depot, tank, treasure house,
treasure room, treasury, vat, vault, warehouse, wine cellar
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