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ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Contraction
Pronunciation: /ˈbɪn/

Definition 1:
• Contraction of being.
Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, contraction
Name

Definition 1:
• A surname from Chinese.
Noun
Pronunciation: /ˈbɪn/

Definition 1:
• A box, frame, crib, or enclosed place, used as a storage container.
Example: a corn bin
Example: a wine bin
Example: a coal bin
Wiktionary-listed synonyms: container, receptacle

Definition 2:
• son of; equivalent to Hebrew בן (ben).
Labels: in Arabic names

Definition 3:
• Clipping of binary.
Labels: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, uncountable

Definition 4:
• A container for rubbish or waste.
Example: a rubbish bin
Example: a wastepaper bin
Example: an ashes bin
Wiktionary-listed synonyms: dustbin, rubbish bin, garbage can, trash can, bin, garbage pail, trash bin, trashbin, trashcan, waste bin, wastebin

Definition 5:
• Any of the discrete intervals in a histogram, etc
Labels: mathematics, sciences, statistics

Definition 6:
• Any of the fixed-size chunks into which airspace is divided for the purposes of radar.

Definition 7:
• Jail or prison.
Wiktionary-listed synonyms: big house, borstal, bridewell, brig, calaboose, can, chokey, choky, clink, correctional facility, correctional institution, crowbar hotel, detention centre, dungeon, gaol, glasshouse, graybar hotel, guardhouse, gulag, hock, hole, honor farm, hoosegow, house of detention, iron house, jail, jailhouse, joint, jug, juvenile hall, juvie, lockup, nigger university, nick, pen, penal colony, penitentiary, pokey, porridge, prison, prison camp, prison farm, prison hulk, prison ship, queer ken, remand center, roundhouse, slammer, slam, stalag, stir, stockade, tronk, up the river, workhouse, Alcatraz, Attica, Bastille, Dartmoor, Devil's Island, Folsom, Hanoi Hilton, Leavenworth, Lefortovo, Maze, Pelican Bay, San Quentin, Sing Sing, Tower
Labels: Multicultural-London-English, slang, uncommon

Definition 8:
• Ellipsis of loony bin ("lunatic asylum").
Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, slang

Definition 9:
• A digital file folder for organising media in a non-linear editing program.
Verb
Pronunciation: /ˈbɪn/

Definition 1:
• To dispose of (something) by putting it into a bin, or as if putting it into a bin.
Wiktionary-listed synonyms: chuck, chuck away, discard, dump, junk, 86, bin, can, cast aside, cast off, cast away, chuck out, dispose of, ditch, get rid of, jettison, pitch, scrap, shift, throw aside, throw away, throw out, toss, trash
Labels: UK, informal

Definition 2:
• Alternative form of been.
Labels: Internet, alt-of, alternative, dialectal, obsolete

Definition 3:
• To throw away, reject, give up.
Labels: UK, informal

Definition 4:
• To convert continuous data into discrete groups.
Labels: mathematics, sciences, statistics

Definition 5:
• To place into a bin for storage.
Example: to bin wine
Labels: transitive

Source and attribution
Wiktionary contributors, via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Derived from Wiktionary; CC BY-SA and GFDL terms apply. Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bin