ben
see also: Ben
Pronunciation
Ben
Pronunciation Proper noun
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see also: Ben
Pronunciation
- IPA: /bɛn/
ben (plural bens)
Preposition- (Scotland, northern England) In, into.
- 2008, James Kelman, Kieron Smith, Boy, Penguin 2009, page 32:
- And he was waving to me to creep in, so I just did and then just to skip ben the front and then in the lobby.
- 2008, James Kelman, Kieron Smith, Boy, Penguin 2009, page 32:
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
- Russian: мори́нга
- Russian: мориндо́вое ма́сло
ben (uncountable)
- (usually, capitalised) Son of (used with Hebrew and Arabic surnames).
ben (plural bens)
Adjectiveben (comparative benar, superlative benat)
Ben
Pronunciation Proper noun
- 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.
- A capital city in Ben, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari.
- A county in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province, Iran.
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