BEN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ben mean? 

• BEN (noun)
  The noun BEN has 1 sense:

1. a mountain or tall hill

  Familiarity information: BEN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BEN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A mountain or tall hill

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Context example:

they were climbing the ben

Hypernyms ("ben" is a kind of...):

mount; mountain (a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill)

Domain region:

Emerald Isle; Hibernia; Ireland (an island comprising the republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland)

Scotland (one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; located on the northern part of the island of Great Britain; famous for bagpipes and plaids and kilts)

 Context examples 

"Mebbe it'll do me good. I ain't ben feelin' any too spry these last few days."

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Ben Gunn was on deck alone, and as soon as we came on board he began, with wonderful contortions, to make us a confession.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

Behenic acid is a major component of ben oil, extracted from the seeds of the moringa tree.

(Behenic Acid, NCI Thesaurus)

It's ben fifty below for two weeks now.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

If you talked less with yer mouth and did something with yer hands, he’d a-ben done with by now.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

"You don't have to eat dogs. You think different just about the time you're all in. You've never ben all in, so you don't know anything about it."

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

Ben A. Potter of the University of Alaska Fairbanks led the archaeological team that made the discovery in late 2013 at an excavation of the Upward Sun River site.

(Archaeologists discover remains of Ice-Age infants in Alaska, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

"Where you ben all the time? Off to sea? Come on an' have a drink."

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Ben Gunn's last words came back to my mind.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

He's just come through hell, an' this is the first time he's ben loose.

(White Fang, by Jack London)