ben

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see also: Ben

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /bɛn/

Noun

ben (plural bens)

1. (obsolete) A prayer; a petition.

Preposition

1. (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.

Adverb

ben (not comparable)

1. (Scotland, Northern England) Inside.

Adjective

ben (comparative benner, superlative benmost)

1. Inner, interior.

Noun

ben (plural bens)

1. (Scotland, Northern England) Ben-room: The inner room of a two-room hut or shack (as opposed to the but).

Noun

ben (plural bens)

1. A tree, Moringa oleifera or horseradish tree of Arabia and India, which produces oil of ben.
2. The winged seed of the ben tree.
3. The oil of the ben seed.

Synonyms

• (tree) drumstick tree, horseradish tree, moringa

Translations

• Russian: мори́нга

Translations

• Russian: мориндо́вое ма́сло

Noun

ben (uncountable)

1. (usually, capitalised) Son of (used with Hebrew and Arabic surnames).

Noun

ben (plural bens)

1. A Scottish or Irish mountain or high peak.

Adjective

ben (comparative benar, superlative benat)

1. (obsolete, UK, thieves) Alternative spelling of bene; good.

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Ben

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /bɛn/
• (pin-pen) IPA: /bɪn/

Proper noun

1. A shortening of the male given name Benjamin or, less often, of Benedict.

Noun

ben (plural bens)

1. (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.

Synonyms

• Benjamin

Proper noun

1. A capital city in Ben, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari.
2. A county in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province, Iran.

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