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Synonyms for bench

Grammar : Noun
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Phonetic Transcription : bɛntʃ

Top 10 synonyms for bench
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Définition of bench

Origin :
  • Old English benc "long seat," from Proto-Germanic *bankiz "bank of earth," perhaps here "man-made earthwork," later "bench, table" (cf. Old Frisian bank "bench," Old Norse bekkr, Danish bænk, Middle Dutch banc, Old High German banch), from PIE root *bheg- "to break." Used for "office of a judge" since late 13c. Sporting sense "reserve of players" (in baseball, North American football, etc.) is by 1909, from literal sense of place where players sit when not in action (by 1889).
  • noun furniture for sitting
  • noun large table
  • noun group of judges
Example sentences :
  • Viviette seated herself on a bench beneath the apple blossoms.
  • Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke
  • When she found him on his bench, however, she passed him by.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • Rico went into the room, seated himself on a bench, and did not stir.
  • Extract from : « Rico and Wiseli » by Johanna Spyri
  • At last he went towards the bench behind the stove, and put them down on it.
  • Extract from : « Rico and Wiseli » by Johanna Spyri
  • The club then adjourned to the outside, all except those who sat on the bench.
  • Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
  • The whittler and Yates got down from the bench, and joined the crowd outside.
  • Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
  • The bench was of considerable width--probably a mile at this point.
  • Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
  • I found him alone, sitting idly on a bench near the water-wheel.
  • Extract from : « The Underdog » by F. Hopkinson Smith
  • I found a seat between the prisoner and the bench, so that I could hear and see the better.
  • Extract from : « The Underdog » by F. Hopkinson Smith
  • "Seat yourself at my feet," she said, as she sank on to the bench.
  • Extract from : « Fair Margaret » by H. Rider Haggard
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