Definitions
Mountain or tall hill, especially in Scotland
Word origin
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.
Used in a sentence
“And he was waving to me to creep in, so I just did and then just to skip ben the front and then in the lobby.”
“Bert Kerston was awakened by a steady tap on the ben window.”
“A gage of ben Rom-bouse, / In a bousing-ken of Rom-vile, / Is benar than a Caster, / Pecke, pennam, lay, or popler, / Which we mill in deuse a vile.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Mountain, Scottish”3 letters
02“Scottish mountain peak”3 letters
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