bins
/bɪnz/
bins is the plural of bin.
bins is the third-person singular simple present indicative of bin.
Noun
bins
- Binoculars.
- However, it's not easy to categorise a birder by their bins - all you can tell is whether they're rich.1980, Bill Oddie, Bill Oddie's Little Black Bird Book, page 57
- Eyeglasses or spectacles.
Meaning of bin
Noun
bin (plural bins)
- A box, frame, crib, or enclosed place, used as a storage container.
- a corn bin
- Synonyms:
- container, receptacle
- A container for rubbish or waste.
- a rubbish bin
- Synonyms:
- dustbin, rubbish bin, garbage can, trash can, garbage pail, trash bin, trashbin, trashcan, waste bin, wastebin
- Any of the discrete intervals in a histogram, etc
- Any of the fixed-size chunks into which airspace is divided for the purposes of radar.
- Jail or prison.
- Free up my G's locked in the bin
Jail house comin' like subs
one comes out then one goes in2018 October 22, “Subs”, Slipz of Hoxton (lyrics)
- Free up my G's locked in the bin
- A digital file folder for organising media in a non-linear editing program.
Proper noun capitalized: Bins
Bins
- plural of Bin
Origin of bins
Abbreviation of binoculars.
Phrases with bins
Words that rhyme with bins
Questions about bins
- What does bins mean?
- Bins means binoculars.
- What is bins the plural of?
- Bins is the plural of bin.
- What part of speech is bins?
- Bins can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce bins?
- Bins is pronounced /bɪnz/.
Words near bins in the dictionary
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