bench
a long seat for more than one person
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,746 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 6,043 times across 173,643 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- a long seat for more than one person
- a level shelf of land interrupting a declivity (with steep slopes above and below) also: terrace
- persons who administer justice also: judiciary
- a strong worktable for a carpenter or mechanic also: workbench, work bench
- the magistrate or judge or judges sitting in court in judicial capacity to compose the court collectively
- the reserve players on a team our team has a strong bench
verb
- take out of a game; of players
bench in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Members looking across see this Bench empty.
Punch — Volume 99, August 16, 1890 · Various · Chapter 1
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He sat down at a bench, and began filling out a check.
Tom Swift and His Wizard Camera · Victor Appleton · Chapter 2
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Sim had leapt up from his bench, and was peering eagerly through the window.
The Shadow of a Crime: A Cumbrian Romance · Hall, Sir Caine · Chapter 1
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Garter King prods him in chest with small stick, and tells him to go on to the Bench above.
Punch — Volume 100, January 31, 1891 · Various · Chapter 1
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But, when she had arrived within a few steps of him, he walked off rapidly, leaving on the bench a folded newspaper.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1