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1. bench
noun. ['ˈbɛntʃ'] a long seat for more than one person.
Synonyms
- window seat
- penalty box
- church bench
- settle
- park bench
- flat bench
- pew
- seat
- banquette
- settee
Antonyms
- disagree
- ascend
- float
- rise
Etymology
- benc (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
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Rhymes with Bench
- retrench
- entrench
- trench
- stench
- quench
- french
- drench
- clench
- wrench
- tench
- rentsch
- rench
- mench
- lentsch
- jentsch
- hench
How do you pronounce bench?
Pronounce bench as bɛnʧ.
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Sentences with bench
1. Noun, singular or mass
Place a dumbbell on the ground by a flat bench.
2. Adjective
The cab was equipped with a bench seat to carry three passengers.
3. Verb, base form
Do barbell bench presses to target your pecs and triceps.
Quotes about bench
1. Making benches is no walk in the park. It takes one a lot of love to make a bench, and then it takes two to make love on that bench.
- Jarod Kintz, Love quotes for the ages. Specifically ages 18-81.
2. In high school I barely made the rodeo team. But I wasn’t good enough to start, so I just rode the bench.
- Jarod Kintz, Great Listener Seeks Mute Women
3. I had just heard tales that the Valkyrie were large warriors, akin to Amazons.”“If you’re the sole survivor of an army attacked by us, are you going to say we had our asses handed to us by petite, nubile females, or by she-monsters who can bench Buicks?
- Kresley Cole, No Rest for the Wicked
2. bench
verb. ['ˈbɛntʃ'] take out of a game; of players.
Antonyms
- wrap
Etymology
- benc (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
3. bench
noun. ['ˈbɛntʃ'] a strong worktable for a carpenter or mechanic.
Synonyms
- work table
- laboratory bench
- work bench
- worktable
- lab bench
Antonyms
- disarrange
- start
- lie
- stand
Etymology
- benc (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
4. bench
noun. ['ˈbɛntʃ'] persons who administer justice.
Synonyms
- authorities
- regime
- organisation
- judiciary
- government
- governing body
- governance
- administration
- establishment
- organization
Antonyms
- finish
- inactivity
- offence
- offense
Etymology
- benc (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
5. bench
noun. ['ˈbɛntʃ'] a level shelf of land interrupting a declivity (with steep slopes above and below).
Synonyms
- tableland
- plateau
Antonyms
- communicativeness
- lowland
- refrain
Etymology
- benc (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
6. Bench
noun. the magistrate or judge or judges sitting in court in judicial capacity to compose the court collectively.
Synonyms
- judicature
- tribunal
- assembly
Antonyms
- disassembly
7. bench
noun. ['ˈbɛntʃ'] (law) the seat for judges in a courtroom.
Synonyms
- courtroom
- court
Antonyms
- destabilize
- destabilise
- stay
Etymology
- benc (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
8. bench
noun. ['ˈbɛntʃ'] the reserve players on a team.
Synonyms
- substitute
- reserve
- subgroup
- second-stringer
- team
Antonyms
- defence
- natural
- primary
- improperness
Etymology
- benc (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
9. bench
verb. ['ˈbɛntʃ'] exhibit on a bench.
Synonyms
- expose
- exhibit
Antonyms
- close
- keep quiet
- underexpose
Etymology
- benc (Old English (ca. 450-1100))