Bench - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- a level shelf of land interrupting a declivity (with steep slopes above and below) (syn: terrace)
- persons who administer justice (syn: judiciary)
- a strong worktable for a carpenter or mechanic (syn: workbench)
- the magistrate or judge or judges sitting in court in judicial capacity to compose the court collectively
- the reserve players on a team
verb
- exhibit on a bench
Extra examples
The lawyer asked if he could approach the bench.
The manager benched one of his most popular players.
I do not allude to the whole of the Treasury bench.
We sat on a park bench.
Would the prisoner please approach the bench?
He was appointed to the bench last year.
Batts and Dorigo are on the bench tonight.
Simpson came off the bench to play in midfield.
There was cheering from the Conservative benches.
Anderson has been benched until his injury has healed.
Possibly it has been the soundest coloured Chow ever benched.
The young lovers necked on the park bench.
He photographed the women sitting on the bench.
...plant yourselves on your breeches on that bench and listen to what I have to say...
Two lovers were canoodling on a park bench.
Word forms
I/you/we/they: bench
he/she/it: benches
present participle: benching
past tense: benched
past participle: benched
singular: bench
plural: benches
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