ben
IPA: bˈɛn
noun
- (obsolete) A prayer; a petition.
- (Scotland, Northern England) Ben-room: The inner room of a two-room hut or shack (as opposed to the but).
- A tree, Moringa oleifera or horseradish tree of Arabia and India, which produces oil of ben.
- The winged seed of the ben tree.
- The oil of the ben seed.
- (usually capitalised) Son of (used with Hebrew and Arabic surnames).
- A Scottish or Irish mountain or high peak.
- (UK, theater, slang, obsolete) A benefit (performance to raise funds).
- A shortening of the male given name Benjamin or, less often, of Benedict.
- (US, slang) A US$100 bill, which bears a portrait of Benjamin Franklin. Often used in the plural form to indicate large sums of money.
- The capital city of Ben County, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province, Iran.
- A county of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province, Iran.
adjective
- Inner, interior.
- (obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) Alternative spelling of bene; good. [(obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) Good.]
adverb
- (Scotland, Northern England) Inside.
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Examples of "ben" in Sentences
- After seventeen years, Ben had returned.
- Ben was always there, but he never obtruded.
- Ben Curry is the current Warden of the prison.
- The film is based on the farce by Ben Travers.
- Deer may be seen on the slopes to the north of the Ben.
- Dowdy was born in Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Georgia.
- Ben pushes the boundaries to try and catch the arsonist.
- Ben Espy was the former Minority Leader of the Ohio Senate.
- Barb and Ben escape and lock the other zombies in the garage.
- An abridgment of this work was produced by Benjamin ben Abraham Anaw.
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