bin

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
bin
    n 1: a container; usually has a lid
    2: the quantity contained in a bin [syn: {bin}, {binful}]
    3: an identification number consisting of a two-part code
       assigned to banks and savings associations; the first part
       shows the location and the second identifies the bank itself
       [syn: {bank identification number}, {BIN}, {ABA transit
       number}]
    v 1: store in bins
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Bin \Bin\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Binned}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Binning}.]
   To put into a bin; as, to bin wine.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Bin \Bin\
   An old form of {Be} and {Been}. [Obs.]
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Bin- \Bin-\
   A euphonic form of the prefix {Bi-}.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Bin \Bin\, n. [OE. binne, AS. binn manager, crib; perh. akin to
   D. ben, benne, basket, and to L. benna a kind of carriage ( a
   Gallic word), W. benn, men, wain, cart.]
   A box, frame, crib, or inclosed place, used as a receptacle
   for any commodity; as, a corn bin; a wine bin; a coal bin.
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from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
59 Moby Thesaurus words for "bin":
      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

    

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