bins
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Pronunciation
- IPA /bɪnz/
Noun
bins noun
- A box, frame, crib, or enclosed place, used as a storage container.“a corn bin; a wine bin; a coal bin”
- A container for rubbish or waste.“a rubbish bin; a wastepaper bin; an ashes bin”
- Any of the discrete intervals in a histogram, etc
bins noun
- (birding) Binoculars.
- Eyeglasses or spectacles.
Verb
bins 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.
- To place into a bin for storage.“to bin wine”
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containerreceptacledustbingarbage canrubbish bintrash canchuckchuck awaychuck outdiscardditchdumpjunkscrapthrow awaythrow outtosstrash
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