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bin

/bɪn/
noun
  1. A box, frame, crib, or enclosed place, used as a storage container.

    "a corn bin; a wine bin; a coal bin"

  2. A container for rubbish or waste.

    "a rubbish bin; a wastepaper bin; an ashes bin"

  3. Any of the discrete intervals in a histogram, etc

Synonymscontainer, receptacle, dustbin, garbage can, rubbish bin, trash can
verb
  1. To dispose of (something) by putting it into a bin, or as if putting it into a bin.

  2. To throw away, reject, give up.

  3. To convert continuous data into discrete groups.

Synonymschuck, chuck away, chuck out, discard, ditch, dump

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