Bench Meaning and Definition

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