bin1 nounbin2 verb
binbin1 /bɪn/ ●●● S2 noun [countable] 
WORD ORIGINbin
Origin:
Old English binnEXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
- A large wooden bin with slatted sides and a removable front is easy to make from timber.
- But then, with an exclamation of self-mockery, she went into the galley and brushed the hairs into the waste bin.
- Instead of routinely tossing frequent-flier program newsletters into the trash bin, peruse them for upcoming bargains.
- Several cities set up drop-off bins.
- She had been left covered by a black bin bag.
- Some designs have no control group comparison at all; these are referred to as quasi-experimental bins.
- The vast majority of people in Thurrock took my advice and put the silly leaflet in the bin.
WORD SETS
bin, nounbin liner, nounboil, verbborax, nounBrillo pad, nounbroom, nounbroomstick, nouncarpet sweeper, nounchar, verbchar, nouncharlady, nouncharwoman, nounchimney sweep, nouncleaner, nouncleanser, nounclothes basket, nounclothesline, nounclothes peg, nounconditioner, noundeodorize, verbdescale, verbdisinfect, verbdisinfectant, noundry-clean, verbdust, verbduster, noundustpan, nounfabric softener, nounfeather duster, nounflush, verbFrench polish, nounfumigate, verbhamper, nounHoover, nounhoover, verbhygiene, nounhygienic, adjectivekitchen roll, nounlaundry basket, nounlimescale, nounline, nounload, nounmangle, nounmop, nounmop, verbpolish, nounrag, nounrinse, verbrinse, nounsanitary, adjectivesanitation, nounscour, verbscourer, nounscrub, verbscrub, nounscrubbing brush, nounshampoo, nounsoak, verbsoak, nounsoapflakes, nounsoap powder, nounsoapsuds, nounsoapy, adjectivesoda, nounsoftener, nounspin, verbspin-dryer, nounsqueegee, nounstarch, verbsuds, nounswab, verbsweep, verbsweep, nounsweeper, nounsweepings, nounswill, verbswill, nountea cloth, nountea towel, nountide-mark, nounturpentine, nounturps, nounvacuum, nounvacuum, verbvacuum cleaner, nounwash, nounwashable, adjectivewashboard, nounwashcloth, nounwashday, nounwasher, nounwasher-dryer, nounwashing, nounwashing line, nounwashing machine, nounwashing powder, nounwashing soda, nounwashing-up, nounwashing-up liquid, nounwashtub, nounwhisk broom, nounwindow cleaner, nounwipe, verbwire wool, nounwring, verbwringer, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRYtypes of bin
a rubbish binCOLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
1· The rubbish bin is full.
(=a bin in a public place)· Please put all your rubbish in the litter bin.
(=for paper you throw away)· I threw the letter straight in the wastepaper bin.
(=that you open by pressing a lever with your foot)· There is a pedal bin in the bathroom.
(=a big bin on wheels kept outside a house)· They come to empty the wheelie bins on Friday.
(=for rubbish that you can recycle)· Those plastic cartons can go in the recycling bin.
verbs (also chuck something in the bin informal)· Shall I put this old bread in the bin?
bin + NOUN (=that you use inside a bin to keep it clean)· We need some more bin liners for the kitchen bin.
(=the people who take your rubbish away)· Which day do the bin men come?
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES British English· Use the black bin bags provided by the council.
a rubbish bin· But then, with an exclamation of self-mockery, she went into the galley and brushed the hairs into the waste bin.· She also suggested the unit should house in a large slide-out waste bin.· Bodie upturned the waste bin and sorted through the small pile of chewing-gum wrappers, empty cigarette packets, and cigarette butts.· Lily put them, unhesitatingly, in the waste paper bin.· The shit went into a waste bin, and Lucy went into the Wardrobe room to wait.· He was burning the Fax message in a metal waste bin or my name was Roylance Maclean.· William I mean-today's newspapers will be lining tomorrow's waste paper bins.
NOUN· Laura took a large plain loaf from the bread bin, and began slicing it.· She went to the bread bin and seemed to be preparing to make herself a piece of toast.
· They had to pass round bin liners so that people could throw in their sodden tissues.· In the end, to draw matters to an unhappy conclusion they all agreed that it had probably been a bin liner.· Buy products made with recycled paper or plastic,such as bin liners, toilet tissue or kitchen paper.· Stash old plastic or paper shopping bags near the rubbish or garbage bin and then you can re-cycle them as bin liners.· He shoved a bin liner of the stuff over his head, it stuck to his hair and he collapsed.
· The mess of pizza fragments, uneaten chips, beer-cans, papers, had been swept into the litter bin.· Eventually I threw up into a litter bin attached to a crowded bus shelter on St George's Road.· He remembered Woil staying by the bench and the litter bin where the Men could reach him.· And when I pretended to be a horse I got so excited I bumped into this litter bin and fell over.· The worse for drink, he lurches away, staggering to a litter bin where he is sick.· Amid the clattering trams and the hurrying crowds at the Hackescher Markt, the golden litter bin stands out.
· Yesterday we found a baby that some one had thrown into a rubbish bin in the street.· Oracle has denied knowledge of the detective agency's methods, which included sifting through rubbish bins.· Logic insists that Sebastian should have set a match to this vile document and consigned it to the rubbish bin.· Even the rubbish bins were empty.· The flakes of mud would have been carefully removed and put in the rubbish bin in the kitchen.· Beneath the window is a bilingual rubbish bin with a spelling mistake.· Most people think of waste as being the contents of the domestic rubbish bin.
· Leonard was sent to the sin bin.
· Near their back porch, they said, rats scamper about, and maggots slither near trash bins.· The second blast went off near a trash bin in the parking lot.· Law enforcement agents and reporters were standing within feet of the trash bin where the second blast occurred.· Instead of routinely tossing frequent-flier program newsletters into the trash bin, peruse them for upcoming bargains.· They checked culverts, trash bins and washes.
VERB· And the answer so simple: what is not wanted ... goes in the bin.· Rella was going through the bins.· She went to the bread bin and seemed to be preparing to make herself a piece of toast.· The shit went into a waste bin, and Lucy went into the Wardrobe room to wait.· The piles of pamphlets and the hand-outs went in the bin.· It may as well go straight in the bin.· Sometimes you chuck summat away by accident and then you have to go looking in bins to find it.· It was a waste of time, they were so bloodstained they went to the bin anyway.
· The flakes of mud would have been carefully removed and put in the rubbish bin in the kitchen.· Male speaker I put their bins out, change light bulbs, they're not afraid to ask.
British English a container for putting waste in: Throw it in the bin. → dustbin, litter bin2a large container for storing things, such as goods in a shop or substances in a factoryCOLLOCATIONStypes of bina rubbish/waste bin· The rubbish bin is full.a litter bin (=a bin in a public place)· Please put all your rubbish in the litter bin.a wastepaper bin (=for paper you throw away)· I threw the letter straight in the wastepaper bin.a pedal bin (=that you open by pressing a lever with your foot)· There is a pedal bin in the bathroom.a wheelie bin (=a big bin on wheels kept outside a house)· They come to empty the wheelie bins on Friday.a recycling bin (=for rubbish that you can recycle)· Those plastic cartons can go in the recycling bin.verbsput/throw something in the bin (also chuck something in the bin informal)· Shall I put this old bread in the bin?bin + NOUNa bin bag/liner (=that you use inside a bin to keep it clean)· We need some more bin liners for the kitchen bin.the bin men (=the people who take your rubbish away)· Which day do the bin men come?bin1 nounbin2 verb
binbin2 verb (past tense and past participle binned, present participle binning) [transitive] VERB TABLE
bin
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | bin |
| he, she, it | bins | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | binned |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have binned |
| he, she, it | has binned | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had binned |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will bin |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have binned |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am binning |
| he, she, it | is binning | |
| you, we, they | are binning | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was binning |
| you, we, they | were binning | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been binning |
| he, she, it | has been binning | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been binning |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be binning |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been binning |
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a rubbish bin
British English informal to throw something away: British English· Use the black bin bags provided by the council.
a rubbish bin Just bin that letter.