• Finnish: säiliö, astia
• French: boîte

• Dutch: vuilnisbak, afvalbak
• Finnish: roskasäiliö, jäteastia, roskis (colloquial)
• French: poubelle
• Italian: bidone

Verb

1. To dispose of (something) by putting it into a bin.
2. To convert continuous data into discrete groups.

Synonyms

• sense dispose of in a bin chuck, chuck away, chuck out, ditch, dump, scrap, throw away, throw out

Translations

Derived terms

• bin bag
• bin liner
• binman
• bread bin
• dustbin
• rubbish bin
• wheelie bin

Etymology 2

From (ben, bin).

Noun

bin

1. (in Arabic names) son of; equivalent to Hebrew בן (ben).

Etymology 3

Contraction of being

Contraction

bin

1. Contraction of being

Etymology 4

Contraction of been

Verb

bin

1. alternative form of been

Arabic

Particle

bin (بن)

1. Alternate spelling for ibn, meaning "son of" when used in personal names.

German

Pronunciation

Verb form

bin

1. am (first-person singular present tense of sein)

Indonesian

Etymology

From

Noun

bin

1. son (of)

Japanese

Noun

1. 瓶: bottle
2. 便: flight
3. 貧: poverty

Mandarin

Pinyin syllable

bin

1. A transliteration of any of a number of Chinese characters properly represented as having one of three tones, bīn, bǐn, or bìn.

Usage notes

English transcriptions of Chinese speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Chinese language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Swahili

Etymology

From (ben, bin, son).

Noun

bin

1. son

Swedish

Noun

bin

1. Indefinite plural of bi.

Turkish

Noun

bin

1. thousand

Verb

bin (imperative)

1. mount (imperative form of binmek)

Besides its ordinary meaning as a kind of container, especially a dustbin, Bin can also refer to:

• Technical or specialised terms:
  • /bin, a common Unix directory
  • .bin, a CD disk image file format
  • In mathematics, the histogram of a discrete variable that can acquire m different values is called an "m-bin histogram"
  • In Computational Geometry, a Bin is a space partitioning data structure to enable fast region queries and nearest neighbor search.
  • In video editing, a bin is a location, real or virtual, for storing media to be used in a production
  • Sin Bin or Sin-bin, an informal name for a penalty box
• Names:
  • Won Bin, a Korean actor
  • The stage name of Jeon Hye Bin, a K-pop singer
  • A form of ibn = "son" in Arabic names

BIN may refer to:

• Bank Identification Number
• BIN, a file extension for binary files
• BIN, a file extension for disk image format files
• Biology, information technology, and nanotechnology
• Bini language (ISO 639 alpha-3: bin), a Benue-Congo language spoken in Edo State, Nigeria
• Belgisch Instituut voor Normalisering/Institut Belge de Normalisation/Belgian Institute for Normalisation
• British India (FIFA country code: BIN), the portions of present-day India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Myanmar that were under British colonial rule
• "Buy It Now," a purchasing method on eBay
• BIN (supermarkets), a Russian supermarket
• Bank International Ningbo
• Badan Intelijen Negara, Indonesia's State Intelligence Agency

See also

• Binary (disambiguation)

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