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bin
     1. n. A box, frame, crib, or enclosed place, used as a storage container.
           a corn bin;   a wine bin;   a coal bin
     2. n. A container for rubbish or waste.
           a rubbish bin;   a wastepaper bin;   an ashes bin
     3. n. (statistics) Any of the discrete intervals in a histogram, etc
     4. v. (chiefly British, informal) To dispose of (something) by putting it into a bin, or as if putting it into a bin.
     5. v. (UK, informal) To throw away, reject, give up.
     6. v. (statistics) To convert continuous data into discrete groups.
     7. v. To place into a bin for storage.
           to bin wine
     8. n. (in Arabic names) son of; equivalent to Hebrew בן.
     9. v. (obsolete, dialectal, and text messaging) alternative form of been
     10. n. (computing, informal) A short form of binary

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Example Sentences

I put a brick on top of the rubbish bin so the wind wouldn't tear it open. 



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