English Explanatory Dictionary

bench

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A long seat with or without a back, found for example in parks and schools.
  2. The seat where the judges sit in court.
  3. The people who decide on the verdict, collectively; the judiciary.
  4. The office or dignity of a judge.
  5. A seat where people sit together in an official capacity.
  6. A long seat for politicians in a parliamentary chamber.
  7. The dignity of holding an official seat.
  8. The people who hold a certain type of official seat, collectively; a group of officeholders.
  9. The place where players (substitutes) and coaches sit when not playing.
  10. The number of players on a team able to participate, often expressed in terms of length.
  11. A place where assembly or hand work is performed; a workbench.
  12. A horizontal padded surface, usually adjustable in height and inclination and often with attached weight rack, used for proper posture during exercise.
verb
  1. To remove a player from play.
  2. To remove someone from a position of responsibility temporarily.
  3. To push a person backward against a conspirator behind them who is on their hands and knees, causing them to fall over.
  4. To furnish with benches.
  5. To place on a bench or seat of honour.
verb
  1. To lift by bench pressing
noun
  1. The weight one is able to bench press, especially the maximum weight capable of being pressed.
verb
  1. Alternative spelling of bentsh.
name
  1. A language spoken in Ethiopia
  2. The people who speak the Bench language
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

/ˈbɛnt͡ʃ/ [ˈbɛnt͡ʃ] en-us-bench.ogg /ˈbent͡ʃ/ [ˈbent͡ʃ] EN-AU ck1 bench.ogg /ˈbɪnt͡ʃ/ [ˈbɪ̟nt͡ʃ]

Word forms

bench benches benk bink benching benched

Etymology

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.

Synonyms

justiciary bench judicature judicial judiciary judicial branch justiceship judgeship sideline

Derived words

anxious bench back bench back-bench backbench bantling benchball bench bleed bench bleeder bench cheek bench-clearing brawl bench dog bench drill bench easel bencher benchfellow benchful bench grinder bench-hole bench hook bench jockey benchland benchless benchlet benchlike benchman bench mark benchmark benchmate bench memo bench plane bench-press bench pull benchrest bench saw bench scientist bench scraper bench seat bench show benchside benchslap bench strength bench table bench test benchtop bench trial bench-warmer bench warmer bench warrant benchwork benchy Camden bench cryobench disbench drawbench empty the bench free bench imbenching on the bench Queen's Bench ride the bench

Translations

Albanian: bankë Albanian: stol Arabic: مَقْعَد Arabic: مصطبة Arabic: دكّة Armenian: նստարան Azerbaijani: skamya Bashkir: эскәмйә Belarusian: ла́ўка Belarusian: ла́вачка Bengali: টুল Bukar-Sadung Bidayuh: bangku Breton: bank Bulgarian: пе́йка Bulgarian: скаме́йка Bulgarian: резе́рвна скаме́йка Burmese: ခုံရှည် Burmese: ခုံတန်းလျား Catalan: banc Catalan: tribuna Catalan: banqueta Chinese Mandarin: 長椅 /长椅 Crimean Tatar: skemle Czech: lavička Czech: lavice Danish: bænk Dutch: bank Dutch: zitbank Esperanto: benko Estonian: pink Faroese: bonkur Faroese: bekkur Finnish: penkki Finnish: tuomarinpöytä Finnish: vaihtoaitio French: banc Galician: banco Galician: escano Georgian: სკამი Georgian: მერხი German: Bank German: Sitzbank German: Richterbank Greek: παγκάκι Greek: έδρα Greek: πάγκος Ancient Greek: θρᾶνος Ancient Greek: βάθρον Hebrew: סַפְסָל Hindi: बेंच Hungarian: pad Hungarian: ülőpad Hungarian: lóca Hungarian: kispad Iban: bangku Icelandic: bekkur Ido: benko Indonesian: bangku Ingrian: rahi Ingrian: penkki Ingrian: järky Irish: binse Isoko: akpala Italian: banco Italian: panca Italian: panchina Italian: pachina Japanese: ベンチ Kazakh: орындық Kazakh: сәкі
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