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+ {{infobox|confidence=probable|formation=inherited|attested=c. 750|origins=xtg benna}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈbɪn/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is Middle English binne, [[inh|ang|binne|t=manger, basket, crib]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986)^(MWU 2024) probably of Celtic origin:^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) compare [[xtg|benna|t=wicker cart]], preserved in Medieval Latin benna, basket, and Welsh [[m|cy|ben|t=cart]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) perhaps from PIE [[ine-pro|*bʰendʰ-|t=to bind]].^(Barnhart 1988)^(Hoad 1986) The same Celtic word is seen in French [[m|fr|benne]] and Dutch ben.^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ A manger: about 750, in the poetry of Cynewulf, in Barnhart;^(Barnhart 1988) about 950 in the OED.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ A receptacle for corn, meal or bread is from about 1386.^(OED 1989)^(Hoad 1986) A case for storing bottles in a wine cellar is from 1758,^(OED 1989) and a large receptacle used in hop-picking from 1737.^(OED 1989) In Australia a bin is a compartment in a wool shed (1865).^(OED 1989) The British ''dustbin'' and the sense ''rubbish bin'' are now usual, and the verb, to throw away, follows.^(Collins 2023)^(SOED 2002)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 750 – a manger.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * c. 1386 – a corn or bread bin.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1737 – a hop bin.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1758 – a wine bin.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # ''(chiefly British)'' A container for rubbish; a [[dustbin]].^(Collins 2023)^(SOED 2002)

+ # A large container or enclosed space for storing grain, coal or the like.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # A rack for storing wine bottles.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ===Verb===

+ # ''(British informal)'' To throw away.^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[coalbin]]

+ * [[woodbin]]

+ * [[dustbin]]

+ * [[loony bin]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[bind]]

+ * [[litter bin]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ MWU records an unrelated bin, a stringed instrument of India, from Hindi bīn, from Sanskrit [[m|sa|वीणा|tr=vīṇā]] (1874).^(MWU 2024)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}