Overview of noun ban

The noun ban has 5 senses

• prohibition, ban, proscription -- (a decree that prohibits something)


• ban -- (100 bani equal 1 leu in Moldova)


• ban -- (100 bani equal 1 leu in Romania)


• ban, banning, forbiddance, forbidding -- (an official prohibition or edict against something)


• Bachelor of Arts in Nursing, BAN -- (a bachelor's degree in nursing)

Overview of verb ban

The verb ban has 4 senses

• ban, censor -- (forbid the public distribution of ( a movie or a newspaper))


• ban -- (prohibit especially by legal means or social pressure; "Smoking is banned in this building")


• banish, ban -- (ban from a place of residence, as for punishment)


• banish, ban, ostracize, ostracise, shun, cast out, blackball -- (expel from a community or group)