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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a mountain or tall hill;
- Example: "they were climbing the ben"


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Moringa \Mo*rin"ga\, prop. n. [Malayam murunggi.] (Bot.) A genus of trees of Southern India and Northern Africa. One species (Moringa pterygosperma) is the horse-radish tree, and its seeds, as well as those of Moringa aptera, are known in commerce as ben or ben nuts, and yield the oil called oil of ben. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Ben \Ben\, Ben nut \Ben" nut`\ . [Ar. b[=a]n, name of the tree.] (Bot.) The seed of one or more species of moringa; as, oil of ben. See Moringa. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Ben \Ben\, adv. & prep. [AS. binnan; pref. be- by + innan within, in in.] Within; in; in or into the interior; toward the inner apartment. [Scot.] [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Ben \Ben\, n. [See Ben, adv.] The inner or principal room in a hut or house of two rooms; -- opposed to but, the outer apartment. [Scot.] [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Ben \Ben\ An old form of the pl. indic. pr. of Be. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Bene \Bene\, Ben \Ben\, n. [Native name.] (Zool.) A hoglike mammal of New Guinea (Porcula papuensis). [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

ben n 1: a mountain or tall hill; "they were climbing the ben"
V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (February 2016):

BEN BEstaetigungsNummer (banking)
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's):

Ben, a son