bench
[noun]
Synonyms:
- seat, form, pew, settle, stall
- worktable, board, counter, table, trestle table, workbench
- the bench: court, courtroom, judges, judiciary, magistrates, tribunal

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I. bench¹ S2 W3 /bentʃ/ noun
[Language: Old English; Origin: benc]

1. OUTDOOR SEAT [countable] a long seat for two or more people, especially outdoors:
We sat on a park bench.

2. IN A LAW COURT the bench
a) the seat where a judge or magistrate sits in a court of law:
Would the prisoner please approach the bench?
b) the position of being a judge or magistrate in a court of law:
He was appointed to the bench last year.
sit/serve on the bench (=work as a judge or magistrate)

3. SPORTS the bench the seat where members of a sports team sit when they are not playing in the game:
Batts and Dorigo are on the bench tonight.
Simpson came off the bench to play in midfield.

4. PARLIAMENT benches [plural] British English the seats in the British parliament where members of a particular party sit:
There was cheering from the Conservative benches. ⇒ backbench, backbenches, front bench

5. TABLE [countable] a long heavy table used for working on with tools or equipment:
a carpenter’s bench

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II. bench² verb [transitive]
American English to not allow a sports player to play in a game, or to remove them from a game:
Anderson has been benched until his injury has healed.

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bench
noun
I. long seat
ADJ. long | narrow | hard | padded | wooden | garden, park | replacements', subs', substitutes' (sport) They have several top players on the subs' bench.
VERB + BENCH sit (down) on
BENCH + NOUN seat
PREP. on a/the ~ He often sleeps on park benches.

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bench
II. in Parliament
ADJ. government, Opposition | Conservative, Labour, etc. | back, front (Government ministers and the most important members of the Opposition sit on the front benches. Back-bench MPs have no official position besides that of MP.)
VERB + BENCH be on, sit on
PREP. from the … ~s There were cheers from the Labour benches.
on the … ~s Some MPs on the government back benches are starting to question the government's handling of the war.

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bench
III. long narrow table that people work at
ADJ. work (also workbench) | carpenter's, laboratory
PREP. at a/the ~ He was working at his bench.

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bench
bentʃ
See: on the bench , warm the bench

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