ben
Short definition from Wiktionary
Noun
- A prayer; a petition.
- The inner room of a two-room cottage (as opposed to the but); the ben room.
- 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.
- Son of (used with Hebrew and Arabic surnames).
- A Scottish or Irish mountain or high peak.
- A benefit (performance to raise funds).
- Alternative form of bin.
- A US$100 bill, which bears a portrait of Benjamin Franklin. Often used in the plural form to indicate large sums of money.
Preposition
- In, into.
Adverb
- Inside.
Adjective
- Inner, interior.
- Alternative spelling of bene; good.
Proper noun
- A shortening of the male given name Benjamin or, less often, of Benedict.
- The capital city of Ben County, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province, Iran.
- A county of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province, Iran.
- Alternative form of Beng (“Mande language of Ivory Coast”).
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