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Bench   /bɛntʃ/   Listen
noun
Bench  n.  (pl. benches)  
1.
A long seat, differing from a stool in its greater length. "Mossy benches supplied the place of chairs."
2.
A long table at which mechanics and other work; as, a carpenter's bench.
3.
The seat where judges sit in court. "To pluck down justice from your awful bench."
4.
The persons who sit as judges; the court; as, the opinion of the full bench. See King's Bench.
5.
A collection or group of dogs exhibited to the public; so named because the animals are usually placed on benches or raised platforms.
6.
A conformation like a bench; a long stretch of flat ground, or a kind of natural terrace, near a lake or river.
Bench mark (Leveling), one of a number of marks along a line of survey, affixed to permanent objects, to show where leveling staffs were placed. See bench mark in the vocabulary.
Bench of bishops, the whole body of English prelates assembled in council.
Bench plane, any plane used by carpenters and joiners for working a flat surface, as jack planes, long planes.
Bench show, an exhibition of dogs.
Bench table (Arch.), a projecting course at the base of a building, or round a pillar, sufficient to form a seat.


verb
Bench  v. t.  (past & past part. benched; pres. part. benching)  
1.
To furnish with benches. "'T was benched with turf." "Stately theaters benched crescentwise."
2.
To place on a bench or seat of honor. "Whom I... have benched and reared to worship."


Bench  v. i.  To sit on a seat of justice. (R.)





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"Bench" Quotes from Famous Books



... went up on Oregon Avenue, and then thought we'd just go over to the park, and we got tired,—or I did,—and we sat down on a bench and went to sleep—both of us!" Polly giggled at the remembrance. "Then we couldn't tell which way to go, and Cornelius came along, and he had to do an errand for his mother, and we waited a good while for him—and that's why ...
— Polly of Lady Gay Cottage • Emma C. Dowd
... bench outside the house, enjoying the full sunshine, while the farmer's wife chattered on. A big fire had been made in the kitchen, and ...
— The House of Whispers • William Le Queux
... funny. After I had supped I sat on a bench by the door of the inn and gossiped with two labourers about brickmaking, and motor cars, and the cricket of last year. And in the sky a faint new crescent, blue and vague as a distant Alp, ...
— The First Men In The Moon • H. G. Wells
... won't, because I passed them just a little while ago as I came through the woods, sitting on a secluded bench, his arm round her waist and her head on ...
— The Making of Mary • Jean Forsyth
... opinion of their new ranche was higher than that of any with which they had been acquainted in the south. Excellent crops have been raised by men who had sown not only in the river bottoms, but also upon the so-called "bench" lands or plateaux above. This testimony was also given by others on the way to Fort Macleod and beyond it, thus closing most satisfactorily the song of praise we had heard from practical men throughout our whole journey of 1200 miles. Let me ...
— Memories of Canada and Scotland - Speeches and Verses • John Douglas Sutherland Campbell


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