benchnoun
uk/bentʃ/us/bentʃ/B2 [ C ] a long, usually hard seat for two or more people, often found in public places:
a long table for working on, for example when you are making something:
a long table that you lie on to do exercises (= physical activity), for example in a gym
a seat or area of seats where players sit during a game when they are not playing:
the judge or magistrate in a law court, or the place where he or she sits:
to work as a judge or magistrate
to become a judge
If a judge takes the bench, he or she begins a formal meeting of a law court.
in the UK parliament building, the seats used by the members:
More examples
- A couple of old codgers were sitting on the park bench, grumbling about the children.
- A decrepit old man sat on a park bench.
- Holding her painful back, she sat down gingerly on the bench.
- Chairs, stools, sofas and benches are different types of seat.
- He was sitting alone by a window with a weird contraption on the bench in front of him.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Chairs & seats
- -seater
- armchair
- armrest
- banquette
- bar stool
- beach chair
- beanbag
- booster seat
- easy chair
- footstool
- front seat
- high chair
- living room suite
- perch
- rocker
- rocking chair
- sag bag
- seating
- stall
- stool
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benchverb [ T ]
uk/bentʃ/us/bentʃ/US to not allow someone to take part in a sports game or playground activity, as a punishment or because they are injured:
to benchpress :