bin, been, bean

bin - /bɪn/

been - /bɪn/ or /biːn/

bean - /biːn/

• I’ve been searching for the bin where I left my coffee bean bag.
• He threw the leftover bean into the bin after it had been cooked.
• There’s a bin filled with every type of bean you can imagine, and I’ve been wanting to try them all.
• Have you been to the farm where they grow that special coffee bean near the recycling bin?
• If you’ve been looking for the red bin, it’s near the shelf with the bean cans.
• She dropped a bean on the floor and tossed it in the bin after it had been stepped on.
• I’ve been to that store where they sell every kind of bean by the pound in a big bin.
• Once the soup had been made, he tossed the leftover bean pods in the compost bin.
• If there’s a green bean in the bin, it might have been left there by mistake.
• The bin had been emptied, but someone left a single bean at the bottom.

Key Differences:

    • Bin (a container for storage or disposal): /bɪn/, with the short "i" sound as in "sit".

    • Been (past participle of "be"): /bɪn/ in many accents, especially British; in American English, sometimes pronounced as /bɪn/ or /biːn/.

    • Bean (a type of legume): /biːn/, with the long "ee" sound, as in "see".

bean - боб