- bench
- I UK [bentʃ] / US
noun
Word forms "bench":
singular bench plural benches
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1) [countable] a hard seat for two or more people, usually outside in a public placea park bench
2) [countable] a long table used by someone working with tools3) [countable] a long low table in a gym that you lie on in order to do exercises4) the bench a place where people in a sports team sit when they are not playing5) benches[plural] the seats in the British parliament, and in some other parliaments, where the members sit. The people with the most important positions in their party sit on the front benches and the less important members on the back benchesshouts from the Opposition benches
6)a) the benchlegal the position of being a judge in a court of lawShe has recently been appointed to the bench (= as a judge).
b) the place where the judge sits in a court of lawThe judge told the defence lawyer to approach the bench.
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II UK [bentʃ] / US verb [transitive]
Word forms "bench":
present tense I/you/we/they bench he/she/it benches present participle benching past tense benched past participle benched mainly Americanto make a sports player stop playing a game for a short time
English dictionary. 2014.