bins

noun

plural of bin
as in boxes
a covered rectangular container for storing or transporting things a storage bin for hats and gloves put plastics in this recycling bin, and glass in that one

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Recent Examples of bins Skip the cardboard… Really just trust me on this one and rent reusable bins from a moving company with good reviews. — Perri Ormont Blumberg, Architectural Digest, 12 Oct. 2026 Students barricaded a high school in northeastern Paris with garbage bins on Thursday before police moved in with tear gas, as France’s nationwide protests showed few signs of ending. — ABC News, 8 Oct. 2026 The program aims to keep used textiles out of general waste and mixed recycling bins, preserve clothing for reuse and improve the supply of material suitable for fiber-to-fiber recycling. — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 8 Oct. 2026 The lineup for Record Store Day Black Friday 2026 is out now, with about 185 exclusive titles lined up to go into the bins the morning after Thanksgiving. — Chris Willman, Variety, 6 Oct. 2026 The baboon-proof bins are a good step, but Simon’s Town, an area where 60 baboons have been identified for removal, has been excluded from the rollout. — Will Barker, TheWeek, 5 Oct. 2026 Tall silos and storage bins lay scattered across their vast property, most of them metal. — Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2026 Pull-out trash or recycling bins can move inside a cabinet, which reclaims floor space and keeps the main work areas less crowded. — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Miami Herald, 1 Oct. 2026 Whether pull-out in-cabinet trash and recycling bins become a standard inclusion — rather than an upgrade — in new small-kitchen listings and rentals. — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Kansas City Star, 1 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bins
  1. boxes
  2. lockers
  3. trunks
  4. crates
  5. chests
Noun
  • Three live cockroaches were on boxes of to-go bags behind the counter.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Ocean container volume was flat from a year ago (although up since Q1 as Sean will explain), so the improvement there came from carriers holding back capacity, not from more boxes moving.
    — Josh Brown,Sean Russo, CNBC, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of boxes
Noun
  • So these are vertical shorts shot through characters’ lockers.
    — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 11 Oct. 2026
  • The room falls silent as the players, one by one, take a seat at their lockers, facing a big-screen TV on the wall.
    — Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 11 Oct. 2026
Definition of lockers
Noun
  • There is also the new travel-sized Mignon and exclusive Limousine trunks.
    — Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2026
  • But, starting in the nineteen-eighties, dendrochronologists—who study growth rings in the trunks of trees and link them to calendar years—made a puzzling discovery.
    — M. R. O’Connor, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of trunks
Noun
  • Between food, toys, treats, beds, crates and more, shopping for pets can get expensive.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 7 Oct. 2026
  • The crates of scented rose petals littering the studio help too.
    — Zing Tsjeng, Vogue, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of crates
Noun
  • Participants have ranged in age from 13 to around 80; new parents push babies in strollers or carry them strapped to their chests.
    — Angela Haupt, Time, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Both had stab wounds in their chests and were rushed to a hospital for treatment.
    — Matthew Ablon, CBS News, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of chests

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“Bins.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bins. Accessed 14 Oct. 2026.

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