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ben

noun US /ben/

a mountain or tall hill

How often you will meet it

Rank 2,291 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 7,608 times across 173,849 chapters — 0.004% of every word in the library.

What it means

noun

  1. a mountain or tall hill they were climbing the ben

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1

ben in real books

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  • For the space of perhaps a minute Ben lay motionless.

    Ben Blair The Story of a Plainsman · Will Lillibridge · Chapter 3

  • Abou Ben Adhem, the great silver cat in her lap, blinked indifferently.

    Gloria and Treeless Street · Annie Hamilton Donnell · Chapter 1

  • Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold; And to the presence in the room he said, “What writest thou?”

    Poems Every Child Should Know · Mary E. (Mary Elizabeth) [Editor] Burt · Chapter 1

  • His Fondlewife and Foresight are but faint portraits of common characters, and Ben is a forced and unnatural caricatura.

    Essays on Wit No. 2 · Richard [Contributor] Flecknoe · Chapter 1

  • But it was all right with the heathens, because they'd ben havin' a hard time an' was desp'rate abaout everything.

    The Shadow over Innsmouth · H.P. Lovecraft · Chapter 1

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