Denise MinaLisa Green and Tracy ConnerNote: BIN frequently precedes perfect (see perfect entry 1 sense 5) verb forms, as well as progressive (see progressive entry 1 sense 6) verb forms ending in -ing. It can also precede the African American English feature perfective done, additional predicates (such as nouns, adjectives, and prepositional phrases), and, in certain contexts, adverbial phrases.
Examples of bin in a Sentence
Blane Bachelor, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Nov. 2023
The video, obtained by Fox News, shows a man hauling a large and seemingly heavy sack over his shoulder from the back of his car about 4:45 p.m. Tuesday and dumping it into a trash bin.
—Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 14 Nov. 2023
Think of the advantages to composting at home: reduce odors and bugs in your green bin and spend less on food that isn’t eaten.
—Nate Northup, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Nov. 2023
Police have arrested a suspect after the partial remains of a woman were found Wednesday in a trash bin in Encino, Los Angeles.
—Patrick Smith, NBC News, 9 Nov. 2023
Most refrigerators come with a special bin or shelf on the door to hold the eggs.
—Taylor Tobin, Southern Living, 31 Oct. 2023
This will show up in most flagship Android devices in 2024 and promises around 30 percent performance improvements while picking from Arm's parts bin.
—Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 24 Oct. 2023
Cindy Crow, 36, of Decatur, Ala., was being held in lieu of a $200,000 bond after the body of her newborn baby was found inside a trash bag in a garbage bin behind a convenience store, police said.
—Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 22 Oct. 2023
The 21- by 14-inch interior capacity gives me room for bigger items and slides into the same spot the similarly sized cheap plastic bin used to fit.
—WIRED, 3 Nov. 2023
Hannah Gold, Harper's Magazine, 11 Oct. 2022
The inner screen camera has a 32MP sensor and shoots 8MP shots (binned by a factor of four).
—Iyaz Akhtar, PCMAG, 1 June 2023
The main camera captures approximately 48MP images that are binned down by four to produce 12MP jpegs.
—Eric Zeman, PCMAG, 11 May 2023
The result is an effective 48 megapixels of resolution which is designed to output binned 12-megapixel stills.
—Jon Porter, The Verge, 11 May 2023
In fact, after five failures in seven orbital launch attempts of its Rocket 3 vehicle, the company binned that design.
—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 6 Mar. 2023
Just bin it with the Articles and Native peace treaties.
—Dennard Dayle, The New Yorker, 22 July 2022
For instance, it was reported that Tesco suppliers are being forced to bin nearly 50 tonnes of food each week due to a lorry driver crisis.
—Amy Nguyen, Forbes, 25 June 2021
The reusable bins the company normally supplies to clients have been replaced by cardboard boxes.
—Kim Velsey, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2020
See More
These examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'bin.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.
Word History
Noun (1)
Middle English binn, from Old English
Prefix
Middle English, from Late Latin, from Latin bini two by two; akin to Old English twinn twofold — more at twin
Noun (1)
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Verb
1839, in the meaning defined above
Noun (2)
1975, in the meaning defined above
Phrases Containing bin
Dictionary Entries Near bin
Cite this Entry
“Bin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bin. Accessed 29 Nov. 2023.
Copy Citation
Kids Definition
bin
noun
More from Merriam-Webster on bin
Nglish: Translation of bin for Spanish Speakers
Britannica English: Translation of bin for Arabic Speakers
Britannica.com: Encyclopedia article about bin
Share