Bench

  • 31Bench — n. & v. n. 1 a long seat of wood or stone for seating several people. 2 a working table, e.g. for a carpenter, mechanic, or scientist. 3 (prec. by the) a the office of judge or magistrate. b a judge s seat in a lawcourt. c a lawcourt. d judges… …

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  • 32bench — 1. noun 1) he sat on a bench Syn: pew, stall, settle, seat; bleacher 2) a laboratory bench Syn: workbench, work table, worktop, work surface, counter 3) …

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  • 33bench — [bentʃ] noun 1) [C] a hard seat for two or more people to sit on outside a park bench[/ex] 2) [C] a long table that you use when you are working with tools 3) the bench [singular] a place where people in a sports team sit when they are not… …

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  • 34bench — See: ON THE BENCH, WARM THE BENCH …

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  • 35bench — See: ON THE BENCH, WARM THE BENCH …

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  • 36Bench — Recorded in several forms including Bence, Bench, Bencher, and the dialectals Bunchar and Buncher, this is an English surname. It has two possible origins. The first is from the pre medieval Latin personal name Benedictus, meaning blessed . This… …

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  • 37bench — See: on the bench,warm the bench …

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  • 38bench —    to cause to withdraw from active participation    He is relegated to the substitutes bench while others continue to play:     ... if I say you re benched, you re benched. (Deighton, 1982 a commander grounding a flier)     A bench warmer is a… …

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  • 39bench — noun 1》 a long seat for more than one person. 2》 a long, sturdy work table in a workshop or laboratory. 3》 (the bench) the office of judge or magistrate.     ↘a judge or magistrate presiding over a particular case. 4》 (the bench) a seat at the… …

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  • 40bench — noun 1) he sat on a bench Syn: seat, form, pew, stall, settle 2) a laboratory bench Syn: workbench, worktop, counter …

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