bench

nounfurniture for sitting
nounlarge table
noungroup of judges

Synonyms for bench

noun furniture for sitting

Word Origin & History

Old English benc "long seat," from Proto-Germanic *bankiz "bank of earth," perhaps here "man-made earthwork," later "bench, table" (cf. Old Frisian bank "bench," Old Norse bekkr, Danish bænk, Middle Dutch banc, Old High German banch), from PIE root *bheg- "to break." Used for "office of a judge" since late 13c. Sporting sense "reserve of players" (in baseball, North American football, etc.) is by 1909, from literal sense of place where players sit when not in action (by 1889).

Example Sentences for bench

Viviette seated herself on a bench beneath the apple blossoms.

When she found him on his bench, however, she passed him by.

Rico went into the room, seated himself on a bench, and did not stir.

At last he went towards the bench behind the stove, and put them down on it.

The club then adjourned to the outside, all except those who sat on the bench.

The whittler and Yates got down from the bench, and joined the crowd outside.

The bench was of considerable width--probably a mile at this point.

I found him alone, sitting idly on a bench near the water-wheel.

I found a seat between the prisoner and the bench, so that I could hear and see the better.

"Seat yourself at my feet," she said, as she sank on to the bench.

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Synonyms for bench

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Synonyms for bench

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