ben

noun

1. the inner or back room of a two-room cottage, especially when used as a combined parlor and bedroom.

adverb, preposition

2. within; inside.

adjective

3. inside; inner.

noun

1. the seed of a tropical tree, Moringa pterygosperma, that yields an oil (ben oil) used in manufacturing cosmetics and lubricating delicate machinery.

noun Scot., Irish.

1. a mountain peak; high hill: Ben Nevis.

noun (often initial capital letter)

1. son of (used especially in Hebrew and Arabic names): Moses ben Maimon.

noun

1. a male given name, form of Benjamin.

noun

1. an inner room in a house or cottage

preposition, adverb

2. in; within; inside; into the inner part (of a house)

adjective

3. inner

noun

1. any of several Asiatic trees of the genus Moringa, esp M. oleifera of Arabia and India, whose seeds yield oil of ben, used in manufacturing perfumes and cosmetics, lubricating delicate machinery, etc: family Moringaceae
2. the seed of such a tree

noun

1. Scot and Irish a mountain peak (esp in place names)Ben Lomond

n.

“mountain peak” in Celtic place names (especially of roughly pyramidal peaks standing alone), from Gaelic beinn, from Old Irish *benno- “peak, horn, conical point,” from PIE root *bend- “projecting point.”