bin

Meanings

Noun

• A box, frame, crib, or enclosed place, used as a storage container.
• A container for rubbish or waste.
• Any of the discrete intervals in a histogram, etc
• Any of the fixed-size chunks into which airspace is divided for the purposes of radar.
• son of; equivalent to Hebrew בן.
• Short form of binary

Verb

• To dispose of (something) by putting it into a bin, or as if putting it into a bin.
• To throw away, reject, give up.
• To convert continuous data into discrete groups.
• To place into a bin for storage.
• Alternative of been

Origin

• From Middle English binne, from Old English binne, from Proto-West Germanic, from Gaulish benna ("four-wheeled cart; caisson") (compare Old Irish buinne, Welsh benn ("cart"), Old Breton benn ("caisson")).
• From Arabic بِن ("son").
• Contraction of being
• Contraction of been