Bench

Bench

A bench is a long seat fit for several people, with or without back and/or arm rests, for sitting indoor (often in rows) or outdoor (as in a park). Benches are most often found in bus stops, parks, and cafeterias. Some benches are dedicated as a small memorial. Hobos also sleep on benches sometimes as beds.

Bench may also refer to:

In clothing

* A popular Filipino clothing brand established in the Philippines in 1987
* A brand of clothing and eyewear heavily popular in Europe.

In law

* Bench (metonymy), certain people in a given (e.g. professional) context, associated with a particular seating, especially in politics and law
* Bench (Judicial) refers to a group of judges hearing a case and juding on the matter
* The raised desk behind which a judge presides over a courtroom

In sports

* The "bench" refers to the players on the roster that do not start regularly or are not currently playing in any given game ("on the bench")
** In soccer, the technical area contains the dugout (or "bench")
* Bench (weight training), a piece of weight training equipment, often very similar to the above "wide backless chair"
* Bench press, an open-chained form of free-weightlifting equipment
* Johnny Bench, the baseball player

Elsewhere

* Bench or bentsching, the Jewish blessing said after a meal
* Bench language (Bench-non), a Northern Omotic language spoken in Kaffa (southeastern Ethiopia)
* Workbench, a place of work consisting of a table and perhaps places to keep an arrangement of tools and materials.
* Bench scale, the small scale in contrast to commercial scale
* In surveying and civil engineering, a landform consisting of a long strip of land at constant height in an otherwise sloped area. If natural it is typically caused by successive depositions and erosions by a river in a floodplain. It may also be part of an artificial earthwork (c.f. benchmark, q.v. berm)
* The Bench refers to the buffer of employees who aren't assigned to any project. This is to ensure that staffing of new projects is fairly easy.
* "The Bench", the short film from The Northern Film School in the United Kingdom.


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  • Bench — Bench, n.; pl. {Benches}. [OE. bench, benk, AS. benc; akin to Sw. b[ a]nk, Dan b[ae]nk, Icel. bekkr, OS., D., & G. bank. Cf. {Bank}, {Beach}.] 1. A long seat, differing from a stool in its greater length. [1913 Webster] Mossy benches supplied the …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • bench — [bench] n. [ME < OE benc: see BANK2] 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 4. [sometimes B ] a) the status or of …   English World dictionary

  • Bench — Bench, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Benched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Benching}.] 1. To furnish with benches. [1913 Webster] T was benched with turf. Dryden. [1913 Webster] Stately theaters benched crescentwise. Tennyson. [1913 Webster] 2. To place on a bench… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • bench — (n.) O.E. benc long seat, from P.Gmc. *bankiz bank of earth, perhaps here man made earthwork, later bench, table (Cf. O.Fris. bank bench, O.N. bekkr, Dan. bænk, M.Du. banc, O.H.G. banch), from PIE root *bheg to break. Used for …   Etymology dictionary

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