Bench
[ben(t)ʃ] or [bɛntʃ]
Definition
(noun.) a long seat for more than one person.
(noun.) (law) the seat for judges in a courtroom.
(noun.) the reserve players on a team; 'our team has a strong bench'.
(noun.) the magistrate or judge or judges sitting in court in judicial capacity to compose the court collectively.
(verb.) exhibit on a bench; 'bench the poodles at the dog show'.
(verb.) take out of a game; of players.
Inputed by Deborah--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A long seat, differing from a stool in its greater length.
(n.) A long table at which mechanics and other work; as, a carpenter's bench.
(n.) The seat where judges sit in court.
(n.) The persons who sit as judges; the court; as, the opinion of the full bench. See King's Bench.
(n.) A collection or group of dogs exhibited to the public; -- so named because the animals are usually placed on benches or raised platforms.
(n.) A conformation like a bench; a long stretch of flat ground, or a kind of natural terrace, near a lake or river.
(v. t.) To furnish with benches.
(v. t.) To place on a bench or seat of honor.
(v. i.) To sit on a seat of justice.
Inputed by Joanna
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Long seat.[2]. Court, tribunal, body of judges.
Typist: Millie
Definition
n. a long seat or form with or without a back: a seat in a boat: a mechanic's work-table: a judge's seat: the body or assembly of judges: a tribunal: the dignity of holding an official seat as the 'bench of bishops ' the 'civic bench.'—v.t. to place on or furnish with benches.—ns. Bench′er a senior member of an inn of court; Bench′ership; Bench′-mark a surveyor's mark cut on a rock gatepost wall or the like into which a crooked iron is set so as to form a bench or temporary support for the levelling instrument; Bench′-war′rant one issued by a judge rather than a justice or magistrate.
Edited by Kitty
Unserious Contents or Definition
Distrust debtors and confidants if you dream of sitting on one. If you see others doing so, happy reunions between friends who have been separated through misunderstandings are suggested.
Editor: Moore
Examples
- Selden followed her, and still without speaking they seated themselves on a bench beside the fountain. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- The drawing benches resemble long tables, with a bench on either side, at one end of which is an iron box secured to the table. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- And this,' said Mr. Micawber, nodding his head sorrowfully, 'is the Bench! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Sit, he said; the bench is long enough for two. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Instead, he walked toward the bench, and, sinking down upon it, remained lost in deep thought for hours. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- The bench was the only furniture of the room. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- There are a couple of benches and a higher bench by way of table. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Miss Wren was in the act of handing it to him over her bench, when she paused. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- We sat down on a bench and I looked at her. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- His few common tools and various scraps of leather were at his feet and on his bench. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Up in the top loft of the factory we stored those machines, and at night we put up the benches and got everything all ready. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The drawing benches resemble long tables, with a bench on either side, at one end of which is an iron box secured to the table. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- There are a couple of benches and a higher bench by way of table. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I'll bet they throw the benches at you, Ettore said. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- The lamps and candles were all extinguished, when Elliston threw himself along the benches in the pit. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- He appears to be very strong and lifts heavy benches about as if he had no idea what weight was. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- There were benches behind a rail that looked down on the white table and the lights. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Evidently not: it is more reasonable and practical to keep park benches out of the shadows and to plague unescorted prostitutes. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- On the other side of the lawn, facing the targets, was pitched a real tent, with benches and garden-seats about it. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- I threw six benches myself. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- We all stood in the vast theatre of ancient Ephesus,--the stone-benched amphitheatre I mean--and had our picture taken. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
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