Benton

Definitions: Benton

Benton

Noun

1. United States artist whose paintings portrayed life in the Midwest and South (1889-1975).

2. United States legislator who opposed the use of paper currency (1782-1858).

"Benton" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a town near bent grass".

Date "Benton" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1869. (references)

Synonyms: Benton

Synonyms: Old Bullion (n), Thomas Hart Benton (n). (additional references)

Synonyms by domain: Benton visual retention test (medicine), Benton's Visual Orientation Line Test, D'Arcy Masius Benton & Bowles (business).

Benton is the name of a number of places:

United Kingdom

Benton, Devon, England

United States of America

Benton, Alabama
Benton, Arkansas
Benton, Illinois
Benton, Louisiana
Benton, Maine
Benton, New York
Benton, Tennessee
Benton County, Arkansas
Benton County, Iowa
Benton County, Minnesota
Benton County, Oregon
Benton County, Tennessee
Benton County, Washington
Benton Township, Michigan
Benton Township, Pennsylvania

"Benton" is also a part of the name of:

Benton Harbor, Michigan

Crosswords: Benton

English words defined with "Benton": Thomas Hart Benton. (references)

Domain

Usage

Movie/TV Titles

The Learnin' of Jim Benton (1917)

Thomas Hart Benton (1988)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	Benton, Pollock, and the Politics of Modernism: From Regionalism to Abstract Expressionism (reference) Old Bullion Benton, Senator from the New West: Thomas Hart Benton, 1782-1858. (reference) Thomas Benton Catron and His Era (reference) How to Build a Robot: By Clive Gifford ; Illustrated by Tim Benton (How To) (reference) Renegade Regionalists: The Modern Independence of Grant Wood, Thomas Hart Benton, and John Steuart Curry (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	911 Reference Map Set For Benton County (reference) Benton County Pioneer (reference) (more periodical examples)

Music	Endlessly--The Best Of Brook Benton (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	DC Rhonda Foster and Grasslands management Specialist Ralph Harris disucss intensive grazing rotations at a farm in Benton County, Georgia. The producer grazes his cattle on a 3 week rotation.Credit: Jeff Vanuga.		NRCS District Conservationist Rhonda Foster and Grazing Lands Specialist Ralph Horris discuss intensive grazing systems and livestock waterers in Benton, Arkansas.Credit: Jeff Vanuga.
	Proper grazing use on an intensive grazing system in benton, Arkansas. The producer rotates cells every 3 weeks during the growing season.Credit: Jeff Vanuga.		District Conservationist Rhonda Foster and Grasslands Specialist Ralph Harris viewing an intensive grazing system that is rotated every 3 weeks in Benton, Arkansas.Credit: Jeff Vanuga.
	Fishing on a farm pond in Benton County, Iowa.Credit: Tim McCabe.		Farm pond in Benton County, Iowa improves water quality downstream as well as provides recreation on the farm.Credit: Tim McCabe.
	Intensive grazing system where cattle have grazed for 3 weeks on the left side of the fence and will be moved to the other side after a 3 week grazing rotation. Benton, Arkansas.Credit: Jeff Vanuga.		Electric wire fencing is used to rotate grazing cattle on a 3 week rotation. Cattle on left have grazed for 3 weeks and will be rotated to the pasture on the right. Electric wire fence is used to manage the grazing. Benton, Arkansas.Credit: Jeff Vanuga.
	A lakeside sunrise in Benton County, Oregon.Credit: Ron Nichols.		Sunrise in Benton County, Oregon.Credit: Ron Nichols.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Author	Quotation
Senator Thomas Hart Benton.	He votes as a Southern man, and votes sectionally; I am also a Southern man, but vote nationally on national questions.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Economic History	Morocco	McCann Erickson has an office in Morocco and recently a joint operation of Leo Burnett and Darcey Masius Benton & Bowles was established, promising improved resources for new product launches in Morocco. (references)
	Venezuela	The opening of the petroleum sector to public and private sector investment for operating contracts for marginal oil fields, for the exploration and production of light, medium and heavy crudes, and for natural gas and extra-heavy oil projects has attracted many U.S. petroleum companies to Venezuela including: Benton, Chevron, Coastal Petroleum, Conoco, Enron, Exxon, Mobil, Phillips, Samson Hydrocarbon, Texaco, and Williams International. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Benton" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Benton" is used about 104 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (proper)	100%	104	31,955

The following table summarizes the usage of "Benton" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Benton	First name Male	4,000	1,175
Benton	Last name	16,000	747
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

1. Benton, AL (town, FIPS 5692)
Location: 32.30744 N, 86.81758 W
Population (1990): 48 (18 housing units)
Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 36785
Country: USA

2. Benton, AR (city, FIPS 5290)
Location: 34.56924 N, 92.57725 W
Population (1990): 18177 (7453 housing units)
Area: 40.6 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 72015
Country: USA

3. Benton, CA
Zip Code(s): 93512
Country: USA

4. Benton, IA (city, FIPS 5905)
Location: 40.70189 N, 94.35941 W
Population (1990): 39 (15 housing units)
Area: 1.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 50835
Country: USA

5. Benton, IL (city, FIPS 5300)
Location: 38.00705 N, 88.91848 W
Population (1990): 7216 (3386 housing units)
Area: 12.8 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 62812
Country: USA

6. Benton, KS (city, FIPS 6175)
Location: 37.78884 N, 97.10809 W
Population (1990): 669 (244 housing units)
Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 67017
Country: USA

7. Benton, KY (city, FIPS 5824)
Location: 36.85285 N, 88.35807 W
Population (1990): 3899 (1813 housing units)
Area: 9.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 42025
Country: USA

8. Benton, LA (town, FIPS 6925)
Location: 32.69185 N, 93.74010 W
Population (1990): 2047 (744 housing units)
Area: 5.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 71006
Country: USA

9. Benton, MO (city, FIPS 4798)
Location: 37.09804 N, 89.56208 W
Population (1990): 575 (261 housing units)
Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 63736
Country: USA

10. Benton, MS
Zip Code(s): 39039
Country: USA

11. Benton, PA (borough, FIPS 5680)
Location: 41.19494 N, 76.38526 W
Population (1990): 958 (415 housing units)
Area: 1.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 17814
Country: USA

12. Benton, TN (town, FIPS 5040)
Location: 35.17530 N, 84.65282 W
Population (1990): 992 (397 housing units)
Area: 5.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 37307
Country: USA

13. Benton, WI (village, FIPS 6825)
Location: 42.57092 N, 90.38216 W
Population (1990): 898 (357 housing units)
Area: 1.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 53803
Country: USA

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Expressions: Benton

Expressions using "Benton": Benton City ♦ Benton County ♦ Benton Harbor ♦ Benton Heights ♦ Benton Ridge ♦ Benton Station ♦ Fort Benton ♦ Lake Benton ♦ North Benton ♦ Thomas Hart Benton. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Benton

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
benton harbor	1,367	benton county oregon	45
benton harbor michigan	1,120	benton county washington	44
barbi benton	484	fort benton montana	42
benton harbor riot	362	barbi benton nude	41
benton arkansas	313	benton harbor michigan news	41
barbie benton	291	benton evening news	39
benton college community linn	273	benton harbor michigan newspaper	37
benton	148	benton tennessee	37
benton illinois	146	benton county fair	36
benton harbor news	134	linn benton	31
benton kentucky	124	benton louisiana	28
benton county	110	benton harbor mich	28
benton courier	99	benton harbor mi riot	27
thomas hart benton	96	benton city wa	26
benton harbor newspaper	78	benton harbor mi news	26
brook benton	68	benton express	24
benton county daily record	61	benton county jail	23
benton harbor michigan riot	56	benton kansas	22
benton county arkansas	51	benton county wa	22
benton pennsylvania	48	benton glen	22
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Benton

Language		Translations for "Benton"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		Benton's prøve for visuel retention (Benton visual retention test). (various references)

Dutch		visual retention test van Benton (Benton visual retention test). (various references)

French		test de rétention visuelle de Benton (Benton visual retention test). (various references)

German		Benton Test (Benton visual retention test). (various references)

Greek		δοκιμασία οπτικής επίσχεσης του Benton (Benton visual retention test). (various references)

Pig Latin		entonbay

Spanish		prueba de Benton (Benton visual retention test). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Benton

Derivations
	Words beginning with "Benton": bentonite, bentonites, bentonitic. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Benton" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Bainton, Banston, Bantin, Bantung, Bendon, Benetos, Benettino, benettons, Bengono, Bengtson, Benoni, Benshoof, Benteen, Benten, Benteng, Bentii, Bentil, bentong, Bentov, Bentti, Bepton, Bernon, Bertop, Beston, Beyton, Bintou, Boeton, Bongton, bonton, Bontron, Brenon, Buntom, Bunton, Enton, Genton, Henton, Mbengono. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Benton

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: bonnet.
	Words within the letters "b-e-n-n-o-t"
	-1 letter: beton, bonne, nonet, tenon, tonne.
	-2 letters: bent, bone, ebon, neon, none, note, tone.
	-3 letters: ben, bet, bot, eon, neb, net, nob, not, obe, one, ten, toe, ton.
	-4 letters: be, bo, en, et, ne, no, oe, on, to.
	Words containing the letters "b-e-n-n-o-t"
	+1 letter: bonnets.
	+2 letters: banknote, bonneted, bonniest, botonnee, butanone, dubonnet, unbonnet.
	+3 letters: banknotes, benthonic, bentonite, bisontine, bondstone, bonneting, butanones, dubonnets, entombing, sanbenito, sunbonnet, unbonnets, warbonnet.
	+4 letters: abnegation, abstention, autobahnen, bayoneting, beknotting, benevolent, bentonites, bentonitic, bethorning, betokening, bluebonnet, bondstones, brownstone, embonpoint, entombment, mountebank, nonbetting, noncabinet, nonsubject, nontaxable, obtainment, sanbenitos, subvention, sunbonnets, unbonneted, unbuttoned, warbonnets.
	+5 letters: abandonment, abnegations, abstentions, bayonetting, benediction, benefaction, bicomponent, bluebonnets, boutonniere, brownstones, connectable, connectible, containable, cybernation, embonpoints, ennoblement, entombments, ethnobotany, fibronectin, hibernation, inebriation, inobservant, interrobang, mentionable, mountebanks, noncabinets, nondiabetic, nonsubjects, nontaxables, notableness, obtainments, rebuttoning, recombinant, reobtaining, subventions, tenebrionid, unabsorbent, unbeknownst, unbonneting, uncountable, unobservant.
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