plural bins
1
: a box, frame, crib, or enclosed place used for storage
2
chiefly British
: a can for trash or garbage : dustbin
The woman retreated to a desk, dropping the leaflets in the bin as though she couldn't bear to hold them anymore.—
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Denise Mina
linguistics
: the verb form been used with spoken emphasis in African American English to indicate that something (such as an event or state) happened or existed in the remote past or that it began in the remote past and is still ongoing : stressed bin
BIN, which is stressed, situates an eventuality or some part of it in the remote past. It has been shown that developing AAL-speaking children also produce BIN in spontaneous speech and interpret it as a marker that refers to the distant past.—Lisa Green and Tracy Conner
Lisa Green and Tracy ConnerNote: BIN frequently precedes perfect (see perfect entry 1 sense 5) verb forms, as well as progressive (see progressive entry 1 sense 7) verb forms ending in -ing. It can also precede the African American English feature perfective done, additional predicates (such as nouns, adjectives, and prepositional phrases), and, in certain contexts, adverbial phrases.
: bi- entry 1
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Examples of bin in a Sentence
Noun (1)
Put the old newspapers in the recycling bin.
a storage bin for hats and gloves
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David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
Who couldn’t use more storage space—a place to park lawn mowers and leaf blowers; a spot to stash bikes, tents, and bins of holiday decor; or maybe even a workshop for tinkering like our grandfathers had?
—Miles Walls, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Nov. 2024
Jack King, Vulture, 10 Nov. 2024
Similarly, the previous center stack has been binned in favor of a sleeker curved screen that combines the gauge cluster and infotainment and below is a selection of buttons used to change the climate settings.
—Matthew MacConnell, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
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Noun
Leilani Simon, a Georgia mother found guilty of murdering her son and disposing of his body in a trash bin, will be sentenced later this month.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
Who couldn’t use more storage space—a place to park lawn mowers and leaf blowers; a spot to stash bikes, tents, and bins of holiday decor; or maybe even a workshop for tinkering like our grandfathers had?
—Miles Walls, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Nov. 2024
Verb
Daniel makes the executive decision to bin it and go ahead with the shoot, cranking the gas up to 11.
—Jack King, Vulture, 10 Nov. 2024
Similarly, the previous center stack has been binned in favor of a sleeker curved screen that combines the gauge cluster and infotainment and below is a selection of buttons used to change the climate settings.
—Matthew MacConnell, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
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“Bin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bin. Accessed 29 Nov. 2024.
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