Word: Bench
How to pronounce: benʧ
Noun
Definitions:
1. A long seat for several people, typically made of wood or stone.
Example sentences: "A park bench"
2. A long, sturdy work table used by a carpenter, mechanic, scientist, or other worker.
Example sentences: "A 19th-century wheelwright's bench"
3. A judge's seat in a court.
Example sentences: "You know I always wonder about the kind of people who sit on these judges benches and pass judgment over people."
4. A seat in Parliament for politicians of a specified party or position.
Example sentences: "The Conservative benches"
5. A seat on which sports coaches and players sit during a game when they are not playing.
Example sentences: "He must settle for a place on the substitute's bench"
6. A flat ledge in masonry or on sloping ground.
Example sentences: "Emphasis is taken from the towering edifice and transferred to the ledges, curbs, benches and other ground-level surfaces that surround it."
Transitive verb
Definitions:
1. Exhibit (a dog) at a show.
Example sentences: "Affenpinschers and Afghans were benched side by side"
2. Withdraw (a sports player) from play; substitute.
Example sentences: "The coach benched quarterback Randall Cunningham in favor of Jim McMahon"
3. Short for bench press (verb)
Example sentences: "He benched almost 500 pounds"
Synonyms:
small bench
footstool
stool
seat
stand
workbench
judge
court
magistrate
justice
terrace
ledge
Derivations:
benching
benched
bencher
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Bench in Other Languages...
Spanish: Banco
German: Bank
French: Banc
Italian: Panca
Turkish: Tezgah
