Bench | Mean of bench in English Dictionary

/ˈbɛntʃ/

• Noun
• a long and usually hard seat for two or more people
1. a park bench
• the place where a judge sits in a court of law
1. The lawyer asked if he could approach the bench.
• the position or rank of a judge
1. her recent appointment to the bench

• a long table for holding tools and work
1. a carpenter's bench
• a long seat where the members of a sports team wait for a chance to play
1. He spent most of his season on the bench. [=he did not play in many games]
2. He plays better coming off the bench. [=coming into the game after it has started]
• the players on a team who do not usually play at the start of a game
1. The team's bench is deep. = The team has a deep bench. [=the team had many good players in addition to its main players]
2. a bench player [=a reserve player; a player who is part of a team's bench]
• Verb
• to not allow (a player) to play in a game
1. The manager benched one of his most popular players.
2. He was benched for several games by a leg injury. [=he was forced to miss several games because of a leg injury]