BENCH
\bˈɛnt͡ʃ], \bˈɛntʃ], \b_ˈɛ_n_tʃ]\
Definitions of BENCH
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 2010 - Legal Glossary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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a long seat for more than one person
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a strong worktable for a carpenter or mechanic
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the reserve players on a team; "our team has a strong bench"
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the magistrate or judge or judges sitting in court in judicial capacity to compose the court collectively
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exhibit on a bench; "bench the poodles at the dog show"
By Princeton University
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a long seat for more than one person
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a strong worktable for a carpenter or mechanic
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the reserve players on a team; "our team has a strong bench"
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the magistrate or judge or judges sitting in court in judicial capacity to compose the court collectively
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exhibit on a bench; of animals such as dogs at shows
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A long seat, differing from a stool in its greater length.
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A long table at which mechanics and other work; as, a carpenter's bench.
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The seat where judges sit in court.
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The persons who sit as judges; the court; as, the opinion of the full bench. See King's Bench.
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A conformation like a bench; a long stretch of flat ground, or a kind of natural terrace, near a lake or river.
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To furnish with benches.
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To place on a bench or seat of honor.
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To sit on a seat of justice.
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A collection or group of dogs exhibited to the public; - so named because the animals are usually placed on benches or raised platforms.
By Oddity Software
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A long seat, differing from a stool in its greater length.
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A long table at which mechanics and other work; as, a carpenter's bench.
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The seat where judges sit in court.
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The persons who sit as judges; the court; as, the opinion of the full bench. See King's Bench.
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A conformation like a bench; a long stretch of flat ground, or a kind of natural terrace, near a lake or river.
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To furnish with benches.
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To place on a bench or seat of honor.
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To sit on a seat of justice.
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A collection or group of dogs exhibited to the public; - so named because the animals are usually placed on benches or raised platforms.
By Noah Webster.
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To furnish with benches.
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A long seat of wood or stone; a strong table; the seat of the judges; the judges or magistrates on it.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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The seat (usually a comfy chair rather than a bench) where a judge sits in the courtroom during a trial or hearing. Sometimes the word "bench" is used in place of the word "judge" -- for example, someone might say she wants a bench trial, meaning a trial by a judge without a jury.
By Oddity Software
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A long seat; a strong table on which mechanics do their work; the seat where judges sit in court; the persons who sit as judges; the court.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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A long seat or form; a carpenter's or mechanic's work-table; a ledge left on the edge of a cutting in an earthwork to strengthen it; the seat where judges sit in court, or the seat of justice; the persons who sit as judges, or the court.
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To furnish with benches; to sit on a bench.
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To sit on a seat of justice. The bench of bishops, the bishops of the English Church, who rank as peers of the realm. King's or Queen's Bench, a court at first really, latterly nominally, presided over by the sovereign.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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