bench
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: geography
geology
government
hobbies
law
lifestyle
natural-sciences
politics
sports
surveying
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.
Inflected forms:
form: benches
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: benk
pos: noun
tags: alternative
dialectal
form: bink
pos: noun
tags: alternative
dialectal
form: benches
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: benching
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: benched
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: benched
pos: verb
tags: past
form: benk
pos: verb
tags: alternative
dialectal
form: bink
pos: verb
tags: alternative
dialectal
Senses:
gloss: A long seat with or without a back, found for example in parks and schools.
pos: noun
examples: They sat on a park bench and tossed bread crumbs to the ducks and pigeons.
Scarborough station's famous 139-metre-long bench, believed to be the longest in the world, has been restored in a £14,500 project.
gloss: The seat where the judges sit in court.
pos: noun
tags: figuratively
examples: They are awaiting a decision on the motion from the bench.
gloss: The seat where the judges sit in court.
pos: noun
tags: figuratively
examples: She sat on the bench for 30 years before she retired.
gloss: A seat where people sit together in an official capacity.
pos: noun
examples: the government front bench
On the opposition benches at Holyrood, Scottish Labour's transport spokesman Neil Bibby favours a more formal approach of involving passenger and worker representatives in the management of ScotRail.
gloss: A seat where people sit together in an official capacity.
pos: noun
tags: figuratively
examples: the bench of bishops
the civic bench
gloss: A seat where people sit together in an official capacity.
pos: noun
tags: figuratively
examples: Mr. Zuckerberg’s repositioning of Meta started in earnest last year, when he began rearranging his bench of lieutenants.
gloss: The place where players (substitutes) and coaches sit when not playing.
pos: noun
examples: He spent the first three games on the bench, watching.
But Chelsea, who left Didier Drogba on the bench as coach Carlo Ancelotti favoured Fernando Torres, staged a stirring fightback to move up to fourth and keep United in their sights on a night when nothing other than victory would have kept the Blues in contention.
gloss: The place where players (substitutes) and coaches sit when not playing.
pos: noun
tags: figuratively
examples: Injuries have shortened the bench.
gloss: A place where assembly or hand work is performed; a workbench.
pos: noun
examples: She placed the workpiece on the bench, inspected it closely, and opened the cover.
gloss: A horizontal padded surface, usually adjustable in height and inclination and often with attached weight rack, used for proper posture during exercise.
pos: noun
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.
gloss: A bracket used to mount land surveying equipment onto a stone or a wall.
pos: noun
examples: After removing the bench, we can use the mark left on the wall as a reference point.
gloss: A flat ledge in the slope of an earthwork, work of masonry, or similar.
pos: noun
examples: That number carried his glance to the top of this first bulging bench of cliff-base.
gloss: A thin strip of relatively flat land bounded by steeper slopes above and below.
pos: noun
gloss: A kitchen surface on which to prepare food, a counter.
pos: noun
tags: Australia
New-Zealand
gloss: A bathroom surface which holds the washbasin, a vanity.
pos: noun
tags: Australia
New-Zealand
gloss: A collection or group of dogs exhibited to the public, traditionally on benches or raised platforms.
pos: noun
gloss: To remove a player from play.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: They benched him for the rest of the game because they thought he was injured.
OK, you are out! You’re benched!
gloss: To remove someone from a position of responsibility temporarily.
pos: verb
tags: figuratively
transitive
gloss: To push a person backward against a conspirator behind them who is on their hands and knees, causing them to fall over.
pos: verb
tags: slang
gloss: To furnish with benches.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: 'Twas benched with turf.
stately theatres benched crescent-wise
gloss: To place on a bench or seat of honour.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: whom I […] have benched and reared to worship
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
sawbench
take the bench
testbench
unbench
warm the bench
wheelbench
widow's bench
Translations:
lang: Albanian
word: bankë
lang: Albanian
word: stol
lang: Arabic
word: مَقْعَد
roman: maqʕad
lang: Arabic
word: مصطبة
roman: maṣṭaba
lang: Arabic
word: دكّة
roman: dekka
lang: Armenian
word: նստարան
roman: nstaran
lang: Azerbaijani
word: skamya
lang: Bashkir
word: эскәмйә
roman: eskəmyə
lang: Belarusian
word: ла́ўка
roman: láwka
lang: Belarusian
word: ла́вачка
roman: lávačka
lang: Bengali
word: টুল
roman: ṭul
lang: Bukar-Sadung Bidayuh
word: bangku
lang: Breton
word: bank
lang: Bulgarian
word: пе́йка
roman: péjka
lang: Bulgarian
word: скаме́йка
roman: skaméjka
lang: Burmese
word: ခုံရှည်
roman: hkumhrany
lang: Burmese
word: ခုံတန်းလျား
roman: hkumtan:lya:
lang: Catalan
word: banc
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 長椅 /长椅
roman: chángyǐ
lang: Crimean Tatar
word: skemle
lang: Czech
word: lavička
lang: Czech
word: lavice
lang: Danish
word: bænk
lang: Dutch
word: bank
lang: Dutch
word: zitbank
lang: Esperanto
word: benko
lang: Estonian
word: pink
lang: Faroese
word: bonkur
lang: Faroese
word: bekkur
lang: Finnish
word: penkki
lang: French
word: banc
lang: Galician
word: banco
lang: Galician
word: escano
lang: Georgian
word: სკამი
roman: sḳami
lang: Georgian
word: მერხი
roman: merxi
lang: German
word: Bank
lang: German
word: Sitzbank
lang: Greek
word: παγκάκι
roman: pagkáki
lang: Ancient Greek
word: θρᾶνος
roman: thrânos
lang: Ancient Greek
word: βάθρον
roman: báthron
lang: Hebrew
word: סַפְסָל
roman: safsal'
lang: Hindi
word: बेंच
roman: beñc
lang: Hungarian
word: pad
lang: Hungarian
word: ülőpad
lang: Hungarian
word: lóca
lang: Iban
word: bangku
lang: Icelandic
word: bekkur
lang: Ido
word: benko
lang: Indonesian
word: bangku
lang: Ingrian
word: rahi
lang: Ingrian
word: penkki
lang: Ingrian
word: järky
lang: Irish
word: binse
lang: Isoko
word: akpala
lang: Italian
word: banco
lang: Italian
word: panca
lang: Italian
word: panchina
lang: Japanese
word: ベンチ
roman: benchi
lang: Kazakh
word: орындық
roman: oryndyq
lang: Kazakh
word: сәкі
roman: säkı
lang: Khmer
word: ជើងម៉ា
roman: cəəng maa
lang: Khmer
word: បែន
roman: baen
lang: Korean
word: 벤치
roman: benchi
lang: Kyrgyz
word: отургуч
roman: oturguc
lang: Kyrgyz
word: скамейка
roman: skameyka
lang: Kyrgyz
word: скамья
roman: skamya
lang: Lao
word: ແປ້ນມ້າ
roman: pǣn mā
lang: Lao
word: ມ້າ
roman: mā
lang: Lao
word: ສະແນນ
roman: sa nǣn
lang: Lao
word: ແປ້ນນາ
roman: pǣn nā
lang: Lao
word: ຕັ່ງຍາວ
roman: tang nyāo
lang: Lao
word: ມ້ານັ່ງ
roman: mā nang
lang: Latin
word: scamnum
lang: Latin
word: subsellium
lang: Latvian
word: sols
lang: Lithuanian
word: suolas
lang: Luxembourgish
word: Bänk
lang: Macedonian
word: клупа
roman: klupa
lang: Malay
word: bangku
lang: Māori
word: paenoho
lang: Marathi
word: बाक
roman: bāk
lang: Central Melanau
word: baku
lang: Mongolian
word: бандан
roman: bandan
lang: Mongolian
word: вандан
roman: vandan
lang: Navajo
word: bikááʼ dah asdáhí
lang: Navajo
word: bikʼi dah asdáhí
lang: Norman
word: banc
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: benk
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: benk
lang: Old English
word: benċ
lang: Pannonian Rusyn
word: лавка
roman: lavka
lang: Iranian Persian
word: نیمْکَت
roman: nimkat
lang: Plautdietsch
word: Benkj
lang: Polish
word: ławka
lang: Portuguese
word: banco
lang: Romanian
word: bancă
lang: Romanian
word: laviță
lang: Russian
word: скаме́йка
roman: skaméjka
lang: Russian
word: скамья́
roman: skamʹjá
lang: Russian
word: ла́вка
roman: lávka
lang: Russian
word: ла́вочка
roman: lávočka
lang: Northern Sami
word: beaŋka
lang: Scots
word: bink
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: being
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: suidheachan
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: клу́па
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: klúpa
lang: Sinhalese
word: බංකුව
roman: baṁkuwa
lang: Slovak
word: lavica
lang: Slovak
word: lavička
lang: Slovene
word: klóp
lang: Southern Altai
word: такта
roman: takta
lang: Southern Altai
word: скамейке
roman: skameyke
lang: Spanish
word: banco
lang: Spanish
word: banca
lang: Spanish
word: escaño
lang: Spanish
word: poyo
lang: Spanish
word: poyete
lang: Spanish
word: pretil
lang: Sudovian
word: sēsta
lang: Swedish
word: bänk
lang: Tagalog
word: bangko
lang: Tajik
word: курсӣ
roman: kursi
lang: Tajik
word: нимкат
roman: nimkat
lang: Thai
word: ม้า
roman: máa
lang: Thai
word: ม้านั่ง
roman: máa-nâng
lang: Tibetan
word: རྐུབ་ཀྱག་རིང་པོ
roman: rkub kyag ring po
lang: Turkish
word: bank
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: پیكه
roman: peyke
lang: Turkmen
word: oturgyç
lang: Ukrainian
word: ла́вка
roman: lávka
lang: Ukrainian
word: ла́вочка
roman: lávočka
lang: Urdu
word: بِنْچ
roman: binc
lang: Uzbek
word: skameyka
lang: Vietnamese
word: ghế dài
lang: Welsh
word: mainc
lang: Catalan
word: tribuna
lang: Finnish
word: tuomarinpöytä
lang: German
word: Richterbank
lang: Greek
word: έδρα
roman: édra
lang: Irish
word: binse
lang: Bashkir
word: эскәмйә
roman: eskəmyə
lang: Bulgarian
word: резе́рвна скаме́йка
roman: rezérvna skaméjka
lang: Catalan
word: banqueta
lang: Dutch
word: bank
lang: Finnish
word: vaihtoaitio
lang: Finnish
word: penkki
lang: German
word: Bank
lang: Greek
word: πάγκος
roman: págkos
lang: Hungarian
word: kispad
lang: Italian
word: pachina
lang: Latvian
word: sols
lang: Macedonian
word: клупа
roman: klupa
lang: Polish
word: ławka
lang: Portuguese
word: banco
lang: Russian
word: скаме́йка запасны́х
roman: skaméjka zapasnýx
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: клу́па
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: klúpa
lang: Spanish
word: banca
lang: Spanish
word: banquillo
lang: Spanish
word: sillete
lang: Swedish
word: avbytarbänk
lang: Swedish
word: bänk