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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

bin
    n 1: a container; usually has a lid
    2: the quantity contained in a bin [syn: bin, binful]
    3: an identification number consisting of a two-part code
       assigned to banks and savings associations; the first part
       shows the location and the second identifies the bank itself
       [syn: bank identification number, BIN, ABA transit
       number]
    v 1: store in bins

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Bin \Bin\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Binned; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Binning.]
   To put into a bin; as, to bin wine.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Bin \Bin\
   An old form of Be and Been. [Obs.]
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Bin- \Bin-\
   A euphonic form of the prefix Bi-.
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5. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Bin \Bin\, n. [OE. binne, AS. binn manager, crib; perh. akin to
   D. ben, benne, basket, and to L. benna a kind of carriage ( a
   Gallic word), W. benn, men, wain, cart.]
   A box, frame, crib, or inclosed place, used as a receptacle
   for any commodity; as, a corn bin; a wine bin; a coal bin.
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Thesaurus Results for bin:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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