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Webster 1913 Edition

Ben

Ben

,
adv.
& p
rep.
[AS.
binnan
; pref.
be-
by +
innan
within,
in
in.]
Within; in; in or into the interior; toward the inner apartment.
[Scot.]

Ben

,
Noun.
[See
Ben
,
adv.
]
The inner or principal room in a hut or house of two rooms; – opposed to
but
, the outer apartment.
[Scot.]

Ben

.
An old form of the
pl.
in
dic.
pr.
of
Be
.
[Obs.]
{ ‖

Bene

,

Ben

}
,
Noun.
[Native name.]
(Zool.)
A hoglike mammal of New Guinea (
Porcula papuensis
).

Webster 1828 Edition

Ben

BEN

or BEN'-NUT,
Noun.
A purgative fruit or nut, the largest of which resembles a filbert, yielding an oil used in pharmacy.

Definition 2024

běn

běn

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ben"

Mandarin

Romanization

běn (Zhuyin ㄅㄣˇ)

  1. Pinyin transcription of 夲
  2. Pinyin transcription of 奙
  3. Pinyin transcription of 本
  4. Pinyin transcription of 楍
  5. Pinyin transcription of 畚
  6. Pinyin transcription of 苯

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