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Definition of Bench

Bench A long seat, differing from a stool in its greater length. A long table at which mechanics and other work; as, a carpenter's bench. The seat where judges sit in court. The persons who sit as judges; the court; as, the opinion of the full bench. See King's Bench. A collection or group of dogs exhibited to the public; -- so named because the animals are usually placed on benches or raised platforms. A conformation like a bench; a long stretch of flat ground, or a kind of natural terrace, near a lake or river. To furnish with benches. To place on a bench or seat of honor. To sit on a seat of justice. Related Definitions: And, Are, As, At, Because, Bench, Benches, Carpenter, Collection, Conformation, Court, Differing, Exhibited, Flat, From, Full, Furnish, Ground, Group, Honor, In, Justice, Kind, King, Lake, Length, Like, Long, Mechanics, Named, Natural, Near, Of, On, Opinion, Or, Other, Place, Placed, Public, Raised, River, Seat, See, Sit, So, Stool, Stretch, Table, Terrace, The, To, Where, Which, Who, With, Work

Bench Quotations I'll do whatever it takes to win games, whether it's sitting on a bench waving a towel, handing a cup of water to a teammate, or hitting the game-winning shot. Kobe Bryant Well, I think you've get to get people on the bench, and the police and people in law enforcement to recognize that we're all Americans. We're not black Americans, white Americans, red Americans: We're all Americans. Judge M. Lane And I think we've got to be treated with dignity as Americans, and that has to do with the educational process of people on the bench, lawyers, people in law enforcement and people that have to do with the system. Judge M. Lane A throne is only a bench covered with velvet. Napoleon Bonaparte I respect people who feel things passionately. I do. But when someone is a judge, that is not what they should bring to the bench. It is not really passion, except in rare instances, that serves the bench well. It is, rather, an ability to understand the law and follow it. Charles Schumer

Bench Translations bench in Afrikaans is skool bench in Dutch is bank, zitbank bench in Finnish is alusta, pulpetti bench in German is Labortisch, Sitzbank, Bank, Richter, Bank bench in Latin is scamnum bench in Norwegian is benk bench in Portuguese is banco

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