ben in English
- ben⇄adj. inner; interior.
- ben⇄adv. within.
- ben⇄ben (1), adverb, preposition, adjective, noun.
(Scottish and Dialect.) - ben⇄ben (2), noun.
1. an Asiatic tree whose winged seed yields an oil used in perfumery and as a lubricant.
2. the seed itself. - ben⇄ben (3), noun.
a mountain peak (used chiefly in the names of Scottish mountains).
Ex. Ben Lomond. - ben⇄ben (4), noun.
(Hebrew.) son; son of.
Ex. David Ben-Gurion, first premier of Israel; Judah Ben Hur, hero of a novel by Lew Wallace. - ben⇄noun the inner room of a cottage, especially the inner one of two rooms (the outer being the ?but).
- ben⇄prep. in or into the inner part of (a house).