Other forms: bins, binning
A bin is the container where you throw things you don't want. Put it in the bin, the bins go out, a wheelie bin.
It is the British word where American English says trash can or garbage can. As a verb, to bin something is to throw it away or to abandon a plan. Note that the Old English word meant a manger or crib — a bin was a box for feeding animals long before it was one for rubbish.
1nounbinA container for things thrown away.
“Please put your rubbish in the bin before you leave.”
2verbthrowTo throw away or abandon.
“I binned the old sofa because it was falling apart.”
bin is a container.
Also accepted in games: trash can, rubbish bin, garbage can
Old English binn means a manger or crib, possibly from a Celtic word for a cart. The rubbish sense is modern.
Proto-Celtic
*bendā
cel-bry-pro
*benn — cart, carriage
Latin
benna
Old English
binn — crib, manger
Middle English
bynne
English, today
bin
From Middle English bynne, from Old English binn (“crib, manger”), from Latin benna or a cel language, possibly cel-bry-pro benn (“cart, carriage”) (whence wlm benn, obt benn (“caisson”), modern Welsh ben), from Proto-Celtic bendā (whence cel-gau benna). Compare German Benne (“wheelbarrow”) and Middle Dutch benne (“basket”), whence modern Dutch ben and as a borrowing, West Frisian bin (both "wicker basket").
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA