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bench

noun

  1. a long, hard seat for several persons, with or without a back
  2. a seat between the two sides of a boat
  3. the place where judges sit in a court
    1. the status or office of a judge
    2. judges collectively
    3. a law court
    1. an official's seat or his office, status, etc.
    2. the officials in this office
    1. a seat on which the players on a sports team sit when not participating in the action
    2. auxiliary players collectively
  4. a stand upon which dogs, or cats, are exhibited and judged at a show
  5. a strong table on which work with tools is done, often one that is part of a machine; worktable
  6. a terrace along the bank of a body of water, often marking a former shoreline
  7. a shelflike layer of rock formed by erosion, mining, etc.
  8. a low, usually padded platform used in weight lifting

transitive verb

  1. to provide with benches
  2. to place on a bench, esp. an official one
  3. to exhibit at a dog, or cat, show
  4. Sports to take or keep (a player) out of a game

See bench in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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