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Added 10 October 2026

bin

/ˈbɪn/ symbol

In Latin: cumera Wiktionary

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ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Edo.

noun

A box, frame, crib, or enclosed place, used as a storage container.
a corn bin
A container for rubbish or waste.
a rubbish bin
Any of the discrete intervals in a histogram, etc

verb

To dispose of (something) by putting it into a bin, or as if putting it into a bin.
To throw away, reject, give up.
To convert continuous data into discrete groups.

noun

son of; equivalent to Hebrew בן (ben).

Origin

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").

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