bin

noun

• 1a receptacle in which to deposit rubbish.
• [with modifier] a capacious receptacle for storing a specified substance:a compost bin
• a partitioned stand for storing bottles of wine.

• 2 Statistics each of a series of ranges of numerical value into which data are sorted in statistical analysis.

verb (bins, binning, binned)

• 1 informal throw (something) away by putting it in a bin:piles of junk that should have been binned years ago
• discard or reject:the whole idea had to be binned
• (bin someone off) British informal end a relationship with someone:she was a bit weird so I binned her off

• 2store (something, especially wine) in a bin: paint on the bottles indicated which way up they should be binned

• 3 Statistics group together (data) in bins.