Definitions for BENbɛn

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

ben*bɛn

  1. (n.)the inner room of a cottage.

    Category: Scottish

  2. (prep.)within.

    Category: Scottish

  3. (adj.)inner.

    Category: Scottish

* Scot..

Origin of ben:

1400–50; late ME (Scots); cf. ME binne, OE binnan (c. OFris binna, MD, G binnen) =bi-be - +innan within

Princeton's WordNet

  1. ben(noun)

    a mountain or tall hill

    "they were climbing the ben"

Wiktionary

  1. Ben(ProperNoun)

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

  2. Origin: بن and בן.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Ben(u)

    alt. of Ben nut

  2. Ben(u)

    within; in; in or into the interior; toward the inner apartment

  3. Ben(adverb)

    the inner or principal room in a hut or house of two rooms; -- opposed to but, the outer apartment

  4. Ben(u)

    an old form of the pl. indic. pr. of Be

  5. Ben(noun)

    a hoglike mammal of New Guinea (Porcula papuensis)


Translations for BEN

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

leg(noun)

one of the limbs by which animals and man walk

The horse injured a front leg; She stood on one leg.

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