bin
n. countablen. a container where you put things you do not want anymore, like trash or recycling. In British English, it is the standard word for a trash can.
n. a container for waste or for storing bulk items. Common in British English as the standard term for a refuse container; in American English, often refers to large storage containers or industrial receptacles.
Please put your empty bottle in the recycling bin.
The office manager placed a small blue bin under every desk to encourage staff to recycle paper.
After the festival ended, the cleaning crew spent hours emptying every overflowing bin and sorting the discarded materials into compost and landfill.
From Middle English bynne, from Old English binn (“crib, manger”), from Late Latin benna or a Celtic language, possibly Proto-Brythonic benn (“cart, carriage”) (whence Middle Welsh benn, Old Breton benn (“caisson”), modern Welsh ben), from Proto-Celtic bend(n)ā (whence Gaulish benna). Compare German Benne (“wheelbarrow”) and Middle Dutch benne (“basket”), whence modern Dutch ben and as a borrowing, West Frisian bin (both "wicker basket").
From Arabic بِن (bin, “son”).
Contraction of being.
Pronunciation spelling of been.
Clipping of binary.
Commonly used in British English where American English prefers 'trash can' or 'garbage can'.