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# bin

«bin» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **A container for rubbish (UK, Australia, NZ: bin, rubbish…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a bin, bins); verb (bin, bins, binned, binning — informal UK: to throw away)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A container for rubbish (UK, Australia, NZ: bin, rubbish bin, wheelie bin; US: trash can, garbage can). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bin/#m1)

2) A container for storing things: a bread bin, a storage bin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bin/#m2)

3) Verb (informal UK): to throw something away. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bin/#m3)

4) In some storybook speech, bin is written for been, as in "I bin doin' it." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bin/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life and the environment: put litter in the bin; sort rubbish into recycling bins (paper, plastic, glass, food waste); bin day when the rubbish is collected. In safety: don't climb into bins or skips; broken glass goes in the bin carefully wrapped. In hygiene: wash hands after taking out the bin. Phrases: put it in the bin, recycling bin, wheelie bin, bin bag, bin day, litter bin, pedal bin.

### examples

- Put your wrapper in the bin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bin/#x1)
- Plastic bottles go in the recycling bin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bin/#x2)
- It's bin day, so put the wheelie bin out. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bin/#x3)
- The bin is full — can you empty it? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bin/#x4)
- We keep the bread in a bread bin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bin/#x5)
- In America a bin is often called a trash can. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bin/#x6)
- Wash your hands after taking out the bin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bin/#x7)
- I binned my old drawings. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bin/#x8)

### note

Countable: bins. Words for it change by country: bin (UK, Ireland, Australia, NZ), trash can or garbage can (US, Canada). Verb: binned (double n).

### In the corpora

- [It fixes roads, empties bins, runs parks and libraries, and decides on planning: whether people may build big extensions.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/33-neighbours-the-council-rules-and-fairness/3/)
- [The council is the local government that looks after roads, parks, bins, libraries and planning, run by elected councillors.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/33-neighbours-the-council-rules-and-fairness/11/)
- [Councils have recycling rules about which bin takes plastic, paper, glass or food, and the rules differ from place to place.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/33-neighbours-the-council-rules-and-fairness/14/)
- [If the wrong things go in a recycling bin, a whole load can be spoiled.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/33-neighbours-the-council-rules-and-fairness/15/)
- [Picture a city garden at midnight: a fox trots past the bins and somewhere a rabbit freezes, then zigzags away.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/141-zootopia-real-foxes-and-rabbits/3/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «bin» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bin/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.