ben
(noun) a mountain or tall hill; “they were climbing the ben”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Ben
A shortening of the male given name Benjamin or, less often, of Benedict.
Ben (plural Bens)
(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.
• Benjamin
Ben
The capital city of Ben County, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province, Iran.
A county of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province Province, Iran.
• EbN, NEB, NbE, Neb., neb
ben (plural bens)
(obsolete) A prayer; a petition.
ben
(Scotland, northern England) In, into.
ben (not comparable)
(Scotland, Northern England) Inside.
ben (comparative benner, superlative benmost)
Inner, interior.
ben (plural bens)
(Scotland, Northern England) Ben-room: The inner room of a two-room hut or shack (as opposed to the but).
ben (plural bens)
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.
• (tree): drumstick tree, horseradish tree, moringa
ben (uncountable)
(usually, capitalised) Son of (used with Hebrew and Arabic surnames).
ben (plural bens)
A Scottish or Irish mountain or high peak.
ben (comparative benar, superlative benat)
(obsolete, UK, thieves) Alternative spelling of bene; good.
• EbN, NEB, NbE, Neb., neb
Source: Wiktionary
Ben, Ben" nut`. Etym: [Ar. ban, name of the tree.] (Bot.)
Definition: The seed of one or more species of moringa; as, oil of ben. See Moringa.
Ben, adv. & prep. Etym: [AS. binnan; pref. be- by + innan within, in in.]
Definition: Within; in; in or into the interior; toward the inner apartment. [Scot.]
Ben, n. Etym: [See Ben, adv.]
Definition: The inner or principal room in a hut or house of two rooms; -- opposed to but, the outer apartment. [Scot.]
Ben.
Definition: An old form of the pl. indic. pr. of Be. [Obs.]
Bene, Ben, n. Etym: [Native name.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: A hoglike mammal of New Guinea (Porcula papuensis).
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 December 2024
(adverb) in an intuitive manner; “inventors seem to have chosen intuitively a combination of explosive and aggressive sounds as warning signals to be used on automobiles”
The world’s most expensive coffee costs more than US$700 per kilogram. Asian palm civet – a cat-like creature in Indonesia, eats fruits, including select coffee cherries. It excretes partially digested seeds that produce a smooth, less acidic brew of coffee called kopi luwak.
