Synonyms for benches
| Grammar : Noun |
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| Phonetic Transcription : bɛntʃ |
Top 10 synonyms for benches Other synonyms for the word benches
Définition of benches
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
- I ramble around the park and see lovers on benches—it's rather thrilling.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- In the courtyard of the hospital, convalescents sat on the benches and watched for robins.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- He heard the slaves on the rowers' benches scream with fear.
- Extract from : « Buried Cities: Pompeii, Olympia, Mycenae » by Jennie Hall
- "Hear, hear," ironically from the Opposition, approvingly from the Treasury benches.
- Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- The only brightness was that of the red velvet of the benches and the gallery hand-rests.
- Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
- Upon the other benches sprawled some of the city's derelicts.
- Extract from : « The Trimming of Goosie » by James Hopper
- The scene is a room in a mountain hut, furnished only with a table, benches.
- Extract from : « The Little Dream (Second Series Plays) » by John Galsworthy
- Corruption everywhere, my dear Upton, except on the Treasury benches!
- Extract from : « The Fortunes Of Glencore » by Charles James Lever
- The malady of the Treasury benches is deafness, with a touch of blindness.
- Extract from : « The Fortunes Of Glencore » by Charles James Lever
- There were ten or twelve large beds, some benches, no tables, and no chairs.
- Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
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