name
Meaning 1
A language spoken in Ethiopia
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Standard Lemma guide
bench
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/ˈbɛnt͡ʃ/
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[ˈbɛnt͡ʃ]
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Australian: /ˈbent͡ʃ/
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Australian: [ˈbent͡ʃ]
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/ˈbɪnt͡ʃ/ Southern US, African-American Vernacular, Appalachia
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[ˈbɪ̟nt͡ʃ] Southern US, African-American Vernacular, Appalachia
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name
Meaning 2
The people who speak the Bench language
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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name
Meaning 3
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 4
A long seat with or without a back, found for example in parks and schools.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- They sat on a park bench and tossed bread crumbs to the ducks and pigeons.
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
The seat where the judges sit in court.
The people who decide on the verdict, collectively; the judiciary.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
Topics: law
Examples
- They are awaiting a decision on the motion from the bench.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: justiciary, bench, judicature, judicial, judiciary, judicial branch
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
The seat where the judges sit in court.
The office or dignity of a judge.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
Topics: law
Examples
- She sat on the bench for 30 years before she retired.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: justiceship, bench, judgeship, judicature, justiciary
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 7
A seat where people sit together in an official capacity.
A long seat for politicians in a parliamentary chamber.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: government
Examples
- the government front bench
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noun
Meaning 8
A seat where people sit together in an official capacity.
The dignity of holding an official seat.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
Examples
- the bench of bishops
- the civic bench
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 9
A seat where people sit together in an official capacity.
The people who hold a certain type of official seat, collectively; a group of officeholders.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
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noun
Meaning 10
The place where players (substitutes) and coaches sit when not playing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
Examples
- He spent the first three games on the bench, watching.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 11
The place where players (substitutes) and coaches sit when not playing.
The number of players on a team able to participate, often expressed in terms of length.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
Topics: government, hobbies, lifestyle, politics, sports
Examples
- Injuries have shortened the bench.
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Synonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 12
A place where assembly or hand work is performed; a workbench.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- She placed the workpiece on the bench, inspected it closely, and opened the cover.
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noun
Meaning 13
A horizontal padded surface, usually adjustable in height and inclination and often with attached weight rack, used for proper posture during exercise.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- 2008, Lou Schuler, "Foreward", in Nate Green, Built for Show, page xii I had no bench or power rack, so by necessity every exercise I did started with the weights on the floor.
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noun
Meaning 14
A bracket used to mount land surveying equipment onto a stone or a wall.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: geography, natural-sciences, surveying
Examples
- After removing the bench, we can use the mark left on the wall as a reference point.
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noun
Meaning 15
A flat ledge in the slope of an earthwork, work of masonry, or similar.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 16
A thin strip of relatively flat land bounded by steeper slopes above and below.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
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noun
Meaning 17
A kitchen surface on which to prepare food, a counter.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, New-Zealand
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: benchtop
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 18
A bathroom surface which holds the washbasin, a vanity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, New-Zealand
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noun
Meaning 19
A collection or group of dogs exhibited to the public, traditionally on benches or raised platforms.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 20
The weight one is able to bench press, especially the maximum weight capable of being pressed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports, weightlifting
Examples
- He became frustrated when his bench increased by only 10 pounds despite a month of training.
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Synonyms: none provided
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verb
Meaning 21
To remove a player from play.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
Examples
- They benched him for the rest of the game because they thought he was injured.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: sideline
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 22
To remove someone from a position of responsibility temporarily.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, transitive
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verb
Meaning 23
To push a person backward against a conspirator behind them who is on their hands and knees, causing them to fall over.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
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verb
Meaning 24
To furnish with benches.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
Meaning 25
To place on a bench or seat of honour.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
Meaning 26
To lift by bench pressing
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: colloquial, intransitive, transitive
Examples
- I heard he can bench 150 pounds.
- 1988, Frederick C. Hatfield, "Powersource: Ties that bind", Ironman 47 (6): 21. For the first several years of my exclusive career in powerlifting, I couldn't bench too well.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 27
Alternative spelling of bentsh.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 28
a long seat for more than one person
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: seat
Narrower terms: banquette, flat bench, park bench, penalty box, pew, church bench, prie-dieu, settle, settee, window seat
noun
Meaning 29
(law) the seat for judges in a courtroom
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: seat
noun
Meaning 30
a strong worktable for a carpenter or mechanic
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: workbench, work bench
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: worktable, work table
Narrower terms: lab bench, laboratory bench
noun
Meaning 31
persons who administer justice
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: judiciary
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: administration, governance, governing body, establishment, brass, organization, organisation
noun
Meaning 32
the reserve players on a team
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- our team has a strong bench
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: subgroup
noun
Meaning 33
the magistrate or judge or judges sitting in court in judicial capacity to compose the court collectively
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: assembly
noun
Meaning 34
a level shelf of land interrupting a declivity (with steep slopes above and below)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: terrace
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: tableland, plateau
verb
Meaning 35
exhibit on a bench
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- bench the poodles at the dog show
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: expose, exhibit, display
verb
Meaning 36
take out of a game; of players
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: remove
History
Etymology
From Bench [Term?] (bentʂnon).
* As an English surname, related to bank (“hill”) and bench * As a German surname, spelling variant of Bensch, Benesch, itself Germanized from Czech Beneš.
From Middle English bench, benk, bynk, from Old English benċ (“bench”), from Proto-West Germanic *banki, from Proto-Germanic *bankiz (“bench”), from Proto-Indo-European *bheg-. Cognate with Scots benk, bink (“bench”), West Frisian bank (“bench”), Dutch bank (“bench”), German Bank (“bench”), Danish bænk (“bench”), Swedish bänk (“bench”), Icelandic bekkur (“bench”). Doublet of banc, banco, and bank.
From bench press by shortening.
See bentsh.
Across languages
Translations
205 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Albanian: bankë — long seat
- Albanian: stol — long seat
- Arabic: مَقْعَد (maqʕad) — long seat
- Arabic: مصطبة (maṣṭaba) — long seat
- Arabic: دكّة (dékka) — long seat
- Armenian: նստարան (nstaran) — long seat
- Azerbaijani: skamya — long seat
- Bashkir: эскәмйә (eskəmyə) — long seat
- Belarusian: ла́ўка (láwka) — long seat
- Belarusian: ла́вачка (lávačka) — long seat
- Bengali: টুল (ṭul) — long seat
- Bukar-Sadung Bidayuh: bangku — long seat
- Breton: bank — long seat
- Bulgarian: пе́йка (péjka) — long seat
- Bulgarian: скаме́йка (skaméjka) — long seat
- Burmese: ခုံရှည် (hkumhrany) — long seat
- Burmese: ခုံတန်းလျား (hkumtan:lya:) — long seat
- Catalan: banc — long seat
- Chinese Mandarin: 長椅 /长椅 (chángyǐ) — long seat
- Crimean Tatar: skemle — long seat
- Czech: lavička — long seat
- Czech: lavice — long seat
- Danish: bænk — long seat
- Dutch: bank — long seat
- Dutch: zitbank — long seat
- Esperanto: benko — long seat
- Estonian: pink — long seat
- Faroese: bonkur — long seat
- Faroese: bekkur — long seat
- Finnish: penkki — long seat
- French: banc — long seat
- Galician: banco — long seat
- Galician: escano — long seat
- Georgian: სკამი (sḳami) — long seat
- Georgian: მერხი (merxi) — long seat
- German: Bank — long seat
- German: Sitzbank — long seat
- Greek: παγκάκι (pagkáki) — long seat
- Ancient Greek: θρᾶνος (thrânos) — long seat
- Ancient Greek: βάθρον (báthron) — long seat
- Hebrew: סַפְסָל (safsál) — long seat
- Hindi: बेंच (beñc) — long seat
- Hungarian: pad — long seat
- Hungarian: ülőpad — long seat
- Hungarian: lóca — long seat
- Iban: bangku — long seat
- Icelandic: bekkur — long seat
- Ido: benko — long seat
- Indonesian: bangku — long seat
- Ingrian: rahi — long seat
- Ingrian: penkki — long seat
- Ingrian: järky — long seat
- Irish: binse — long seat
- Isoko: akpala — long seat
- Italian: banco — long seat
- Italian: panca — long seat
- Italian: panchina — long seat
- Japanese: ベンチ (benchi) — long seat
- Kazakh: орындық (oryndyq) — long seat
- Kazakh: сәкі (säkı) — long seat
- Khmer: ជើងម៉ា (cəəng maa) — long seat
- Khmer: បែន (baen) — long seat
- Korean: 벤치 (benchi) — long seat
- Kyrgyz: отургуч (oturguc) — long seat
- Kyrgyz: скамейка (skameyka) — long seat
- Kyrgyz: скамья (skamya) — long seat
- Lao: ແປ້ນມ້າ (pǣn mā) — long seat
- Lao: ມ້າ (mā) — long seat
- Lao: ສະແນນ (sa nǣn) — long seat
- Lao: ແປ້ນນາ (pǣn nā) — long seat
- Lao: ຕັ່ງຍາວ (tang nyāo) — long seat
- Lao: ມ້ານັ່ງ (mā nang) — long seat
- Latin: scamnum — long seat
- Latin: subsellium — long seat
- Latvian: sols — long seat
- Lithuanian: suolas — long seat
- Luxembourgish: Bänk — long seat
- Macedonian: клупа (klupa) — long seat
- Malay: bangku — long seat
- Māori: paenoho — long seat
- Marathi: बाक (bāk) — long seat
- Central Melanau: baku — long seat
- Mongolian: бандан (bandan) — long seat
- Mongolian: вандан (vandan) — long seat
- Navajo: bikááʼ dah asdáhí — long seat
- Navajo: bikʼi dah asdáhí — long seat
- Norman: banc — long seat
- Norwegian Bokmål: benk — long seat
- Norwegian Nynorsk: benk — long seat
- Old English: benċ — long seat
- Pannonian Rusyn: лавка (lavka) — long seat
- Iranian Persian: نیمْکَت (nimkat) — long seat
- Plautdietsch: Benkj — long seat
- Polish: ławka — long seat
- Portuguese: banco — long seat
- Romanian: bancă — long seat
- Romanian: laviță — long seat
- Russian: скаме́йка (skaméjka) — long seat
- Russian: скамья́ (skamʹjá) — long seat
- Russian: ла́вка (lávka) — long seat
- Russian: ла́вочка (lávočka) — long seat
- Northern Sami: beaŋka — long seat
- Scots: bink — long seat
- Scottish Gaelic: being — long seat
- Scottish Gaelic: suidheachan — long seat
- Serbo-Croatian: клу́па — long seat
- Serbo-Croatian: klúpa — long seat
- Sinhalese: බංකුව (baṁkuwa) — long seat
- Slovak: lavica — long seat
- Slovak: lavička — long seat
- Slovene: klóp — long seat
- Southern Altai: такта (takta) — long seat
- Southern Altai: скамейке (skameyke) — long seat
- Spanish: banco — long seat
- Spanish: banca — long seat
- Spanish: escaño — long seat
- Spanish: poyo — long seat
- Spanish: poyete — long seat
- Spanish: pretil — long seat
- Sudovian: sēsta — long seat
- Swedish: bänk — long seat
- Tagalog: bangko — long seat
- Tajik: курсӣ (kursi) — long seat
- Tajik: нимкат (nimkat) — long seat
- Thai: ม้า (máa) — long seat
- Thai: ม้านั่ง (máa-nâng) — long seat
- Tibetan: རྐུབ་ཀྱག་རིང་པོ (rkub kyag ring po) — long seat
- Turkish: bank — long seat
- Ottoman Turkish: پیكه (peyke) — long seat
- Turkmen: oturgyç — long seat
- Ukrainian: ла́вка (lávka) — long seat
- Ukrainian: ла́вочка (lávočka) — long seat
- Urdu: بِنْچ (binc) — long seat
- Uzbek: skameyka — long seat
- Vietnamese: ghế dài — long seat
- Welsh: mainc — long seat
- Finnish: tuomarit — law: people who decide on the verdict
- Finnish: tuomaristo — law: people who decide on the verdict
- Hindi: खंडपीठ (khaṇḍpīṭh) — law: people who decide on the verdict
- Irish: binse — law: people who decide on the verdict
- Catalan: tribuna — law: place where the judges sit
- Finnish: tuomarinpöytä — law: place where the judges sit
- German: Richterbank — law: place where the judges sit
- Greek: έδρα (édra) — law: place where the judges sit
- Irish: binse — law: place where the judges sit
- Bashkir: эскәмйә (eskəmyə) — sports: where players sit when not playing
- Bulgarian: резе́рвна скаме́йка (rezérvna skaméjka) — sports: where players sit when not playing
- Catalan: banqueta — sports: where players sit when not playing
- Dutch: bank — sports: where players sit when not playing
- Finnish: vaihtoaitio — sports: where players sit when not playing
- Finnish: penkki — sports: where players sit when not playing
- German: Bank — sports: where players sit when not playing
- Greek: πάγκος (págkos) — sports: where players sit when not playing
- Hungarian: kispad — sports: where players sit when not playing
- Italian: pachina — sports: where players sit when not playing
- Latvian: sols — sports: where players sit when not playing
- Macedonian: клупа (klupa) — sports: where players sit when not playing
- Polish: ławka — sports: where players sit when not playing
- Portuguese: banco — sports: where players sit when not playing
- Russian: скаме́йка запасны́х (skaméjka zapasnýx) — sports: where players sit when not playing
- Serbo-Croatian: клу́па — sports: where players sit when not playing
- Serbo-Croatian: klúpa — sports: where players sit when not playing
- Spanish: banca — sports: where players sit when not playing
- Spanish: banquillo — sports: where players sit when not playing
- Spanish: sillete — sports: where players sit when not playing
- Swedish: avbytarbänk — sports: where players sit when not playing
- Swedish: bänk — sports: where players sit when not playing
- Finnish: vaihtomiehistö — sports: number of players on a team able to participate
- Arabic: بِنْش (benš) — weightlifting: horizontal padded surface with a weight rack
- Arabic: بنش (benš) — weightlifting: horizontal padded surface with a weight rack
- Azerbaijani: ağırlıq qaldırma skamyası — weightlifting: horizontal padded surface with a weight rack
- Azerbaijani: qaldırma skamyası — weightlifting: horizontal padded surface with a weight rack
- Azerbaijani: məşq skamyası — weightlifting: horizontal padded surface with a weight rack
- Dutch: halterbank — weightlifting: horizontal padded surface with a weight rack
- Finnish: penkki — weightlifting: horizontal padded surface with a weight rack
- French: banc — weightlifting: horizontal padded surface with a weight rack
- French: banc de musculation — weightlifting: horizontal padded surface with a weight rack
- German: Hantelbank — weightlifting: horizontal padded surface with a weight rack
- Greek: πάγκος (págkos) — weightlifting: horizontal padded surface with a weight rack
- Polish: ławka treningowa — weightlifting: horizontal padded surface with a weight rack
- Portuguese: banco — weightlifting: horizontal padded surface with a weight rack
- Russian: скамья́ для жи́ма (skamʹjá dlja žíma) — weightlifting: horizontal padded surface with a weight rack
- Russian: ла́вка для жима (lávka dlja žima) — weightlifting: horizontal padded surface with a weight rack
- Swedish: bänkpress — weightlifting: horizontal padded surface with a weight rack
- Ukrainian: ла́ва для жи́му (láva dlja žýmu) — weightlifting: horizontal padded surface with a weight rack
- Ukrainian: ла́вка для жи́му (lávka dlja žýmu) — weightlifting: horizontal padded surface with a weight rack
- Ukrainian: ла́ва для жи́ма (láva dlja žýma) — weightlifting: horizontal padded surface with a weight rack
- Ukrainian: ла́ва для пре́са (láva dlja présa) — weightlifting: horizontal padded surface with a weight rack
- Catalan: banqueta — flat ledge in the slope of an earthwork, masonry work or similar
- Catalan: replà — geology: flat strip of land bounded by steeper slopes above and below
- Galician: mesado — a kitchen surface used for preparing food, a counter
- Māori: tūpapa — a kitchen surface used for preparing food, a counter
- Finnish: penkkitulos — weight one is able to bench press
- Dutch: naar de zijlijn verwijzen — remove a player from play
- Finnish: siirtää vaihtopenkille — remove a player from play
- Macedonian: испраќа на клупа (ispraḱa na klupa) — remove a player from play
- Norwegian: benke — remove a player from play
- Russian: усади́ть на скаме́йку запасны́х (usadítʹ na skaméjku zapasnýx) — remove a player from play
- Swedish: bänka — remove a player from play
- Czech: benchovat — lift
- Dutch: opdrukken — lift
- Finnish: nostaa penkiltä — lift
- Greek: σηκώνω (sikóno) — lift
- Macedonian: крева (kreva) — lift
- Macedonian: дига (diga) — lift
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