What does bench mean in English?

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bench Meaning, Definition, Pronunciation, Grammar & Synonyms❤️

0 a long, usually hard seat for two or more people, often found in public places:
- a park bench (= a seat in a public garden)
- Most of the work constructing these objects is done at a bench.
- a work bench (= a table for working at)
- He was injured, and spent the last few weeks of the season on the bench.
- Please address your remarks to the bench, Mr Smith.
- UK There was jeering from the Labour benches.
1 to not allow someone to take part in a sports game or playground activity, as a punishment or because they are injured:
- The coach benched his star pitcher for skipping practice.
- He looks like he could bench 400 pounds.
2 a long seat for two or more people, often of wood and usually used outside:
- a park bench
- Face the bench when you are talking, Mr. Smith.

A couple of old codgers were sitting on the park bench, grumbling about the children.
A decrepit old man sat on a park bench.
Holding her painful back, she sat down gingerly on the bench.
Chairs, stools, sofas and benches are different types of seat.
He was sitting alone by a window with a weird contraption on the bench in front of him.
Fittings: the classroom incorporated six sliding doors, each 2.4m square, and specially designed computer benches and a white-board support.
The government had no opponents, whether within their own party or on the opposite benches, who could block the march of legislation.
In these photos rows of men sat neatly on benches and on the ground, facing a radio set flanked by somber standing attendants.