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Meaning of BEN

Pronunciation:  ben

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  (in Scotland or Ireland) a mountain or tall hill; "they were climbing the ben"
 
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 See Also: mount, mountain

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Ben\, Ben nut \Ben" nut`\ . [Ar. b[=a]n, name of the tree.]
    (Bot.)
    The seed of one or more species of moringa; as, oil of ben.
    See {Moringa}.
    
  2. \Ben\, adv. & prep. [AS. binnan; pref. be- by + innan
    within, in in.]
    Within; in; in or into the interior; toward the inner
    apartment. [Scot.]
    
  3. \Ben\, n. [See {Ben}, adv.]
    The inner or principal room in a hut or house of two rooms;
    -- opposed to {but}, the outer apartment. [Scot.]
    
  4. \Ben\
    An old form of the pl. indic. pr. of {Be}. [Obs.]
    
 
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