Bin

Definition: Bin

Bin

Noun

1. A container; usually has a lid.

2. The quantity contained in a bin.

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.

Verb

1. Store in bins.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "bin" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references)

Building & Civil Engineering

Mining

Transportation

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

BIN

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Bin

Receptacle

Closet, commode, cupboard, cellaret, chiffonniere, locker, bin, bunker, buffet, press, clothespress, safe, sideboard, drawer, chest of drawers, chest on chest, highboy, lowboy, till, scrutoire, secretary, secretaire, davenport, bookcase, cabinet, canterbury; escritoire, etagere, vargueno, vitrine.

Crosswords: Bin

Afrikaan (tie), German (am), Indonesian (son of), Papiamen (come), Turkish (g, kilo-, mil, thousand), Yucatec (go).

For a paltry five dollars all I can offer you is a mask from the discount bin. You have your choice of Richard Nixon or Bart Simpson (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge)

I must be crazy to be in a loony bin like this (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest; writing credit: Bo Goldman; Lawrence Hauben)

Hello, I'm Osama Bin Laden (Head of State; writing credit: Chris Rock; Ali LeRoi)

Ich bin unkeusch gewesen, in Gedanken, Worten und Werken (Blechtrommel, Die; writing credit: Jean-Claude Carrière; Günter Grass)

Bin lorry (Phoenix Nights; writing credit: Neil Fitzmaurice; Peter Kay)

Ich bin erwachsen ...verdammt (1974)

Jal Bin Machhli Nritya Bin Bijli (1971)

Mein Vater Hier bin ich (1970)

Bin defa ölürüm (1969)

Madame Ich bin ein Elefant (1969)

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Books

• Bin Laden, Islam, and America's New "War on Terrorism" (Open Media Series) (reference)

• Bin Laden: The Man Who Declared War on America (reference)

• Through Our Enemies' Eyes: Osama Bin Laden, Radical Islam and the Future of America (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Osama Bin Laden - In The Name Of Allah (reference)

• Frontline - In Search of bin Laden (reference)

• Worm Bin Creatures Alive Through a Microscope (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• MTV Buzz Bin, Vol. 1 (reference)

• MTV Buzz Bin, Vol. 2 (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Monty Python's Looney Bin (reference)

• Epson Second Bin Cut Sheet Feeder For Lq-670 (reference)

• Hewlett Packard Stand D & A1 Size + Media Bin For The Designjet 400 Series (reference)

• Okidata Csf3001 Cut Sheet Feeder For Ml393+ 395 Pm3410 Single Bin (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods

• Paris Flea Market Enamel Flour Bin (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

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Motorized bin in old CDC Still Picture Archive, Building 2, Clifton Road. Credit: CDC.

Dumping the catch into the sorting bin. Yellow line is chafing gear for riding below the cod end on the bottom. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

A homeowner sifts soil made from his compost bin in background. Composting is an excellent way to recycle household and yard wastes. Credit: Lynn Betts.

Storage bin for rice with worker raking up kernels to get the last bit. Credit: USDA.

Ich Jacob Meily, bin von ... Credit: Library of Congress.

Soldier of Islam - Osama bin Laden. Credit: Library of Congress.

"Your men bin stealing my hogs". Credit: Library of Congress.

Clovis, New Mexico. Coal bucket and bin of a new caboose on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad. Credit: Library of Congress.

Bin of spindles. Laurel cotton mills, Laurel, Mississippi. Credit: Library of Congress.

Clerk in one of the stock rooms of North American Aviation, Inc., checking to see if the proper numbers of parts were received and placed in the proper bin, Inglewood, Calif. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Business

In 1971, the President has been the Ruler of Abu Dhabi, Sheikh Zayid bin Sultan Al Nahyan. (references)

The announcement of the Dubai Internet City (DIC) in the fall of 1999 by General Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum had given a boost to this industry. (references)

Civil Liberties

Congo

During the year, Communications Minister Kikaya Bin Karubi worked with VOA to lift the ban; both VOA and BBC resumed broadcasting in Kinshasa by year's end. (references)

United Arab Emirates

For example, Deputy Prime Minister Sultan Bin Zayid Al-Nahyan was reported in October 1999 as stating that uncovering inefficiencies in government was one of the duties of the press. (references)

Czech Republic

He also labeled several prominent politicians "criminals and traitors." On September 24, a man was charged with causing a breach of the peace and supporting movements leading to the suppression of citizens' rights and freedoms after he allegedly chanted the name of Usama bin Ladin and anti-U.S. slogans at a football match on September 15; his case was pending at year's end. (references)

Economic History

Bahrain

High on the list is the Shaikh Khalifa Bin Salman Causeway. (references)

Pakistan

It is located near Port Bin Qasim, 25 Kilometers East of Karachi. (references)

Oman

His dynasty, the Al Sa'id, was founded about 250 years ago by Imam Ahmed bin Sa'id. (references)

Human Rights

Indonesia

The Muslims claimed to be retaliating against the burning of an effigy of Usama bin Laden in a predominantly Christian town. (references)

Russia

The international terrorist leader Usama bin Laden reportedly sent funds, personnel, and material to elements in the rebel camp. (references)

Uzbekistan

The judge, in sentencing the nine, specifically accused them of having ties to Osama bin Laden, a charge for which no credible evidence had been produced. (references)

Minorities

Indonesia

Muslim University students in Makassar, South Sulawesi severely beat four non-Muslims in October, after hearing that residents of a prodomendity Christian town, Tondano, had burned an effigy of Usama bin Ladin. (references)

Political Economy

Oman

In the Sultanate of Oman, Sultan Qaboos bin Sa'id Al Sa'id holds ultimate secular authority. (references)

Uae

Abu Dhabi emirate ruler Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan has been President since the country's founding. (references)

Trade

Saudi Arabia

In January 1999, the United Saudi Bank (USB), owned by Prince Al-Waleed Bin Talal, merged with the Saudi-American Bank (SAMBA). (references)

Travel

Pakistan

U.S. Consulate Lahore, 50 Shahrah-e-Abdul Hamid Bin Badees (old Empress Road), Lahore. (references)

Kenya

There are some indications of ties between Muslim extremist groups, including the Osama Bin Laden organization, and these roving groups of Somali gunmen. (references)

Worker Rights

United Arab Emirates

Rather, the Government defers control of camel racing events and the enforcement of rules concerning camel racing, including labor laws prohibiting child labor, to the Camel Racing Association, which is under the chairmanship of Shaikh Hamdan bin Zayid Al-Nahyan, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "bin": ash bin ♦ bin containing flour ♦ bin liner ♦ bread bin ♦ crushable bin ♦ flour bin ♦ litter bin ♦ loony bin ♦ paper bin ♦ parts bin ♦ pedal bin ♦ recycling bin ♦ refuse bin ♦ rubbish bin ♦ runner bin ♦ sin bin ♦ snow bin ♦ trash bin ♦ wastepaper bin. Additional references.

Beginning with "bin": bin-bag, bin-bags, bin-card, bin-ends, bin-lids, bin-liner, bin-liners, bin-shaking, bin-skips.

Ending with "bin": litter-bin, sin-bin, waste-bin, wheelie-bin.

Containing "bin": Ter-bin-a-fiene.

Albanian

teneqe (tin, tin plate, tin vessel), kovë (bail, bucket, pail, skip), hambar (garner, granary), drithnik. (various references)

Arabic 

‏وضع (accentuate, affix, apply, bestow, clap, conjuncture, dab, design, do, emplacement, estate, frame, install, job, lay, lay down, lay out, manner, outline, perch, place, placement, plant, posit, position, positioning, posture, put, put down, put up, rank, return, set, set back, situation, status, stick down, stuff, tuck, utter, writing), ‏صندوق لخزن الحنطة أو الفحم, ‏صندوق (ark, box, case, chest, container, crate, fund, hutch, kitty, locker, rack, receiver, till), ‏رمى (bowl along, cast, cast down, chuck, discard, lance, pitch, pop, project, sling, strike in, sweep, throw, tilt). (various references)

Bulgarian 

сандък (box, case, chest, coffer, crib, hutch, packing case), хамбар (barn, crib, garner, granary, store-house), кофа за боклук. (various references)

Chinese 

箱子 , 容器 (Bin-, receptacle, Vessel). (various references)

Czech

bedna (box, case, chest, container, crate, goggle box), zásobník, popelnice (ash bin, can, dustbin, urn), koš (basket, hamper, pannier). (various references)

Danish

vibrationsfyldetragt (vibrating bin, vibrating hopper), tørresilo (cooling tower, ventilated bin), snebeholder (snow bin, snowbin), silovogn (bin wagon), silosystem (bin system, bins, blast furnace bin system, bunkers), silo (bunker, grain silo, silo, storage bin), roterende beholder (rotating bin), korntankvogn (grain box, grain hopper, grain tank, grain tipping bin, wagon box), korntank (grain bin, grain tank, hopper, tanker), kornsilo (grain silo, silo, storage bin), foderkiste (feed hopper, food bin, hopper, storage bin), foderkasse (feed hopper, food bin, hopper, storage bin). (various references)

Dutch

Bak (box, chest, cistern, container, ferry, gag, joke, jug, manger, tank, trough, tub, vat, vessel). (various references)

Farsi 

لاوک , گردران , تغار (Kit, Pan, Trough), صندوق (Box, Case, Chest, Coffer, Trunk), جازغالی , انبارک , اخورک , اخور (Crib, Cub, Manger, Stall). (various references)

Finnish

laari, jyvähinkalo, hinkalo (stall). (various references)

French

boîte, Bac, mettre dans un coffre, jeter à la poubelle, huche, coffre. (various references)

German

Kasten (barn, barrack, box, cabinet, case, castes, chest, coffer, crate, drawer, goal, heavyweight, hutch, showcase, tub). (various references)

Greek 

κελάρι (cellar, larder, pantry, still room), κάδος (churn), μεγάλο δοχείο, αποθηκεύω (garner, stock, store, warehouse), αποθήκη (cellar, depository, hutch, promptuary, repository, stock room, storage, store, storehouse, storeroom, vault, warehouse). (various references)

Hebrew 

כלי קבול (receptacle, vessel). (various references)

Hungarian

tartó (beam, case, challenging, holder, horse, joist, keeper, mount, rail, stanchion), láda (boot, box, case, chest, crate, hutch). (various references)

Indonesian

bak (as, like, trough). (various references)

Italian

bidone (can, churn, drum, dud, tank, tin), recipiente (bowl, container, pot, receptacle, reservoirs, vascular, vessel), contenitore (can, case, container). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

芥箱 (dust bin, trash box), 米櫃 (breadwinner, rice bin), バイキング料理 (bicology, bicycle motocross, bike, binary, binary dump, binary file, bin-aural, binder, bisexual, bite, bypass, byte, byte swap, byte-code, byte-compile, motorcycle, smorgasbord, viper, vitality, work), ごみ箱 (garbage can or box, idleness, purring, rubbish bin, scatter, starchy, stiff, thunder), ごみ入 (rubbish bin, trashcan), 塵箱 (garbage can or box, rubbish bin), 塵入 (rubbish bin, trashcan). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

バイノーラル (bin-aural), ごみばこ (dust bin, garbage can or box, rubbish bin, trash box), ごみいれ (rubbish bin, trashcan), こめびつ (breadwinner, rice bin). (various references)

Korean 

궤 (Bin-). (various references)

Manx

coyr [f] (boot, box, chest, trunk), coyr (boot, box, chest, trunk). (various references)

Pig Latin

inbay.(various references)

Portuguese

vasilha para guardar alimentos, silo (crib, garner), guardar (bestow, bosom, coffer, coffin, conserve, defend, guard, keep, lay up, look after, maintain, observe, preserve, protect, put, put away, reserve, retain, save, shield, stow, tend, tuck, watch over), gamela (tray), caixa (ash-box, bank window, box, bunker, case, cash keeper, cashier's stand, chest, coalscuttle, coffer, desk, fund, hutch, jug, kit, money box, pay-box, receiver, safe, sheath, teller, treasurer, vessel, writing-table), armazenar (garner, lay in, lay up, stock, store), arca (ark, ash-bin, box, chest, coffer, hutch, trunk). (various references)

Romanian

ladã de gunoi (dustbin, dust-bin), dulãpior (locker). (various references)

Russian 

бункер (batcher, bunker, hopper, hutch, pocket). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

bunker (blindage, blockhouse, bunker), ograđeno mesto, korpa za rublje (clothes basket). (various references)

Spanish

botellero (bottle rack), recipiente (container, receiver, receptacle, recipient, reservoirs, vessel), papelera (paper bin, trashcan), cubo de basura (dustbin), compartimiento (arrangement, box, compartment), cesta (basket, creel, scuttle, skep), carbonera (bunker, coalmine), cajón (case, coffin, crate, drawer, locker, take, till, tray), arca (ark, box, chest). (various references)

Swedish

lår (box, case, chest, ham, haunch, thigh), binge. (various references)

Thai

ใส่กล่อง (box, case), กล่อง (box, magazine), ถังขยะ (ashcan). (various references)

Turkish

kutu (box, can, canned, carton, cartridge, case, cassette, chest, coffer, repository), kömürlük (coal-hole, woodshed), ambar (barn, clamp, depository, hold, hutch, larder, office, repository, silo, stock room, storage, store, storehouse, storeroom, warehouse), çöp kutusu, çöp kovası (dustbin). (various references)

Ukrainian

скриня (box, case, chest, hutch, pocket), резервуар (basin, cistern, container, fount, reservoir), відро для сміття, засік (bunker, hutch), зберігати в засіках, бункер (bunker, hopper, hutch, silo). (various references)

Vietnamese 

rượu thùng. (various references)

Welsh

cist (box, chest, coffer). (various references)

binn. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "bin": binal, binaries, binary, binate, binately, binational, binaural, binaurally, bind, bindable, binder, binderies, binders, bindery, bindi, binding, bindingly, bindingness, bindingnesses, bindings, bindis, bindle, bindles, binds, bindweed, bindweeds, bine, bines, binge, binged, bingeing, binger, bingers, binges, binging, bingo, bingos, binit, binits, binnacle, binnacles, binned, binning, binocle, binocles, binocs, binocular, binocularities, binocularity, binocularly, binoculars. (additional references)

Words ending with "bin": antithrombin, bilirubin, bobbin, cabin, cannabin, carabin, chrysarobin, coalbin, dobbin, dubbin, dustbin, globin, haptoglobin, hemoglobin, inhibin, jacobin, methemoglobin, myoglobin, nubbin, oxyhemoglobin, prothrombin, psilocybin, rabbin, robbin, robin, sabin, searobin, thrombin, woodbin. (additional references)

Words containing "bin": absorbing, absorbingly, adsorbing, albinal, albinic, albinism, albinisms, albinistic, albino, albinos, albinotic, antithrombins, arabinose, arabinoses, arabinoside, arabinosides, ascribing, backstabbing, backstabbings, bambini, bambino, bambinos, barbing, beachcombing, bedaubing, bedumbing, benumbing, bibbing, bilirubins, blabbing, blobbing, blubbing, blurbing, bobbinet, bobbinets, bobbing, bobbins, bombinate, bombinated, bombinates, bombinating, bombination, bombinations, bombing, bombings, boobing, bookbinder, bookbinderies, bookbinders, bookbindery, bookbinding. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Bin" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: abin, bahn, bann, bcn, Benj, benn, bhi, bhn, bian, bic, bien, Bif, Bih, Bii, bij, bik, biln, bina, Binab, bine, Bini, binn, binna, binno, bino, binq, bint, Binul, binx, biny, binz, bip, biq, birn, bitn, Biu, biv, biw, bix, biy, bki, blinb, blinn, blinq, bn, boin, bpif, Bvi, bwint, byan, byj, bym, Byn, bynt, byon, ebin, ibin, ibn, ibw, obin, Obina, sbin. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: nib.

-1 letter: bi, in.

+1 letter: bani, bind, bine, bins, bint, blin, brin, inby, nibs, snib.

+2 letters: bairn, basin, begin, being, benni, binal, bindi, binds, bines, binge, bingo, binit, bints, biont, bison, blain, blind, blini, blink, boing, brain, brine, bring, brink, brins, briny, bruin, burin, cabin, inbye, nabis, nimbi, nubia, robin, sabin, snibs, unbid, zineb.

+3 letters: ablins, abying, albino, baaing, bagnio, bairns, baking, baling, bandit, banian, baning, banish, banzai, baring, basing, basins, basion, bating, baying, beanie, beduin, begins, behind, beings, benign, bennis, benzin, berlin, bicorn, bicron, bidden, biding, biffin, biggin, biking, bikini, billon, binary, binate, binder, bindis, bindle, binged, binger, binges, bingos, binits, binned, binocs, biogen, bionic, bionts, biotin, bisons, biting, bitten, bizone, blains, blinds, blinis, blinks, blintz, bluing, bobbin, boding, bodkin, boffin, bonaci, bonier, boning, bonita, bonito, bonnie, bonsai, booing, boring, bovine, bowfin, bowing, boxing, brains, brainy, brined, briner, brines, brings, brinks, briony, bromin, brucin, bruins, bumkin, bunion, burins, burnie, busing, buskin, buying, byline, byrnie, cabins, cubing, dobbin, dubbin, ebbing, fibrin, gabion, gibbon, gibing, gibson, globin, goblin, gybing, henbit, inborn, inbred, incubi, indaba, intomb, jibing, lubing, milneb, newbie, nibbed, nibble, nimble, nimbly, nimbus, niobic, nubbin, nubias, nubile, obtain, orbing, rabbin, rebind, riband, ribbon, robbin, robing, robins, sabine, sabins, tubing, unbind, upbind, zinebs.