Ben definition

bĕn

Inside; within.

adverb

Within.

preposition

Son (of)

Rabbi Ben Ezra.

noun

(scot., irish) A mountain peak.

Ben Nevis.

noun

The inner room or parlor of a house with two rooms.

noun

Within; inside.

adverb

The inner room or living room of a cottage.

noun

(US, slang) A US$100 bill, which bears a portrait of Benjamin Franklin. Often used in the plural form to indicate large sums of money.

noun

A diminutive of the male given name Benjamin or, less often, of Benedict.

pronoun

Other Word Forms

Singular:

ben

Plural:

Base Form:

ben

Superlative:

benmost

Middle English variant of binne within from Old English binnan en in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition