Bin
[bɪn]
Definition
(noun.) a container; usually has a lid.
(noun.) the quantity contained in a bin.
(verb.) store in bins.
Typed by Ewing--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A box, frame, crib, or inclosed place, used as a receptacle for any commodity; as, a corn bin; a wine bin; a coal bin.
(v. t.) To put into a bin; as, to bin wine.
(-) An old form of Be and Been.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Bunker, crib.
Checker: Michelle
Definition
n. a place for storing corn wine.
(Shak.) used for Be and Been.
Inputed by Cyrus
Examples
- The oranges continue along these rollers until the space between the rollers has widened to the point where each particular size drops into a labeled bin. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Our picture shows a bin of crude up-river Para the finest rubber known. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- A hopper with adjustable feed is supported several feet above a bin having a central partition. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Why, I've bin wrecked in the nor'ard, and precious cold it were. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Normally, a stream of finely divided ore falling from the hopper would fall into that portion of the bin lying to the left of the partition. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- He has a priceless bin of port in some artful cellar under the Fields, which is one of his many secrets. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Almost midway between the hopper and the bin is placed an electromagnet whose polar extension is so arranged as to be a little to one side of a stream of material falling from the hopper. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The sand is handled entirely in a gallery built above the room, equipped with storage bins and sand mixers. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
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