ben
In, into.
Preposition 1 meaning
In, into.
Adverb 1 meaning
Inside.
Adjective 1 meaning
Inner, interior.
Noun 4 meanings
The inner room of a two-room cottage (as opposed to the but); the ben room.
A tree, Moringa oleifera or horseradish tree of Arabia and India, which produces oil of ben.
The winged seed of the ben tree.
The oil of the ben seed.
Etymology
From Middle English ben, bene, from Old English bēn (“prayer, request, favor, compulsory service”), from Proto-West Germanic *bōni, from Proto-Germanic *bōniz (“supplication”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- (“to say”). Related to ban. More at boon.
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BEN at a glance
BEN has 3 letters and scores 5 points in Scrabble (B 3 + E 1 + N 1) and 7 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #2,011 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with ben
All rhymes- LEBEN7
- GRABEN9
- HEBEN10
- WALDSTERBEN17
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