Meaning of Ben | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A shortening of the male given name Benjamin or, less often, of Benedict.
2. A US$100 bill, which bears a portrait of Benjamin Franklin. Often used in the plural form to indicate large sums of money.
   US, slang
3. The capital city of Ben County, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province, Iran.
4. A prayer; a petition.
   obsolete
5. The inner room of a two-room cottage (as opposed to the but); the ben room.
   Northern-England, Scotland
6. A tree, Moringa oleifera or horseradish tree of Arabia and India, which produces oil of ben.
7. Son of (used with Hebrew and Arabic surnames).
   capitalized, uncountable, usually
8. A Scottish or Irish mountain or high peak.
9. A benefit (performance to raise funds).
   UK, obsolete, slang
10. A county of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province, Iran.
11. The winged seed of the ben tree.
12. The oil of the ben seed.

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Examples

“Bert Kerston was awakened by a steady tap on the ben window.”

“In the Chronicles of the Stage, some curious particulars are given relating to Sir Henry Herbert and the well-known Sir William Davidson, by which we learn, amongst other things, that a “ben” or benefit at Drury Lane, two centuries ago, was worth a hundred pounds.”

“Ben wolved down a digestive biscuit, then stretched out on his stomach on the flagstones beside them.”

“After a moment of comfortable silence, with Ben tenderly rubbing his thumb gently over the back of her hand, he asked, “So what do you want to do now that you’re all stuffed full of waffley goodness?””

“When mathematicians face a question they cannot answer, they sometimes devise a less stringent question, in the hope that solving it will provide insights. This is the path that Tao took in 2004, in collaboration with Ben Green of Oxford.”

“But Andy and Ben, they are lovers, not fighters … and they are going the battered sav.”

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