Bin Word Meaning

Old English bin(n), binne, of Celtic origin; related to Welsh ben ‘cart’. The original meaning was ‘receptacle’ in a general sense; also ‘a receptacle for provender in a stable’ and ‘container for grain, bread, or other foodstuffs’. The sense ‘receptacle for rubbish’ dates from the mid 19th century

a receptacle in which to deposit rubbish

receptacle for rubbish

• the bin needs emptying regularly
• a member of staff mistakenly it put in the bin

each of a series of ranges of numerical value into which data are sorted in statistical analysis.

in statistics

• back in the bin, she suffers from dreadful nightmares

throw (something) away by putting it in a bin

throw in bin

• piles of junk that should have been binned years ago

store (something, especially wine) in a bin

store in bin

• paint on the bottles indicated which way up they should be binned

group together (data) in bins.

group data in bins