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UK
/bˈɛntʃ/
]
[ US /ˈbɛntʃ/ ]
[ US /ˈbɛntʃ/ ]
NOUN
- (law) the seat for judges in a courtroom
- persons who administer justice
- a strong worktable for a carpenter or mechanic
- a level shelf of land interrupting a declivity (with steep slopes above and below)
- a long seat for more than one person
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the reserve players on a team
our team has a strong bench
VERB
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exhibit on a bench
bench the poodles at the dog show - take out of a game; of players
How To Use bench In A Sentence
- It would almost be better to have no backbench bills at all than the current system, which offers a false glimmer of hope. Times, Sunday Times
- Save for a worktable placed almost exactly in the center of the floor, I see only a few benches, some unlit rush lamps, a large set of scales, and a wooden crate, which I discover upon examination contains small crystal vials waiting to be filled. Secret History of Elizabeth Tudor, Vampire Slayer
- Physicians and hospitals fear the practice could unfairly penalize practitioners and say there's no way to benchmark quality accurately.
- Rising up off a stone bench that stood in a shadowy area out of the torchlight was a dark, robed figure. Dragons of Winter Night
- Two rows behind the bench sits a sweet-faced junior college girl who just announced her intention to play for Oregon next year.
- Inside, Ms. Savage accented the home's 16-foot coved ceilings—original from 1926—and espresso-colored floors with earth-toned couches and classic pieces, using a long wooden bench as a living room coffee table. A Gossip Girl's Main Stage
- When Yahoo bureaucracy rules, people die in the health services and the aged in nursing homes are victimised while benchmark payments are pocketed.
- One of the men with him gave up his place on the bench.
- He lays it down on the workbench and stands there, staring out the window.
- With three players cup-tied, one suspended and another released this month, there will be four familiar names missing, and some unfamiliar ones on the bench.