About The Word Bench

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Bench

Bench Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Bench?
[n] a long seat for more than one person
[n] a strong worktable for a carpenter or mechanic [n] persons who administer justice [n] the reserve players on a team; "our team has a strong bench" [n] the magistrate or judge or judges sitting in court in judicial capacity to compose the court collectively [n] a level shelf of land interrupting a declivity (with steep slopes above and below) [v] exhibit on a bench; of animals such as dogs at shows [v] take out of a game; of players Synonyms | Synonyms for Bench: judiciary | terrace | work bench | workbench Related Terms | Find terms related to Bench: advisory body | agency | ambo | assembly | association | atelier | bar | barbershop | beauty parlor | beauty shop | board | body of advisers | borough council | brain trust | British Cabinet | buffet | butcher shop | cabinet | camarilla | chair | chamber | city council | common council | company | concern | conference | congress | consultative assembly | corporation | council | council fire | council of ministers | council of state | council of war | counter | county council | court | curule chair | dais | deliberative assembly | desk | diet | directory | divan | escritoire | establishment | facility | firm | helm | house | installation | institution | judgment seat | junta | kitchen cabinet | lectern | legislature | loft | mercy seat | mesa | organization | parish council | parlor | plateau | privy council | saddle | Sanhedrin | seat | seat of justice | seat of power | seat of state | secretaire | secretary | shop | soviet | staff | stand | studio | sweatshop | syndicate | synod | table | table mountain | tableland | tribunal | US Cabinet | woolsack | work site | work space | workbench | workhouse | working space | workplace | workroom | workshop | worktable | writing table See Also | administration | assembly | authorities | banquette | brass | church bench | court | display | establishment | exhibit | expose | flat bench | governance | governing body | government | judicature | lab bench | laboratory bench | organisation | organization | park bench | penalty box | pew | plateau | prie-dieu | regime | remove | reserve | seat | settee | settle | squad | subgroup | substitute | tableland | team | tribunal | window seat | work table | worktable Bench In Webster's Dictionary \Bench\, n.; pl. {Benches}. [OE. bench, benk, AS. benc;
akin to Sw. b["a]nk, Dan b[ae]nk, Icel. bekkr, OS., D., & G.
bank. Cf. {Bank}, {Beach}.]
1. A long seat, differing from a stool in its greater length.
Mossy benches supplied the place of chairs. --Sir W.
Scott.
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. --Shak.
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.
{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.
\Bench\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Benched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Benching}.] 1. To furnish with benches. 'T was benched with turf. --Dryden. Stately theaters benched crescentwise. --Tennyson. 2. To place on a bench or seat of honor. Whom I . . . have benched and reared to worship. --Shak. \Bench\, v. i. To sit on a seat of justice. [R.] --Shak. |
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