bench

Pronunciation

• IPA: /bɛnʧ/
• SAMPA: /bEntS/

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Noun

Singular bench

Plural benches

A bench made of stone

1. (countable) A bench is a long, hard seat for more than one person.
2. (countable) The bench is the place where players of a sport sit when they are not playing.

   He watched the first 3 games from the bench.

Verb

Plain form bench

Third-person singular benches

Past tense benched

Past participle benched

Present participle benching

1. (transitive) If a coach benches a player, they take the player out of a game.

   They benched him for the rest of the game because they thought he was hurt.

2. (transitive) If you bench a weight, you lift it over your chest, lying on your back, on a bench.

   I heard he can bench 150 pounds.