Words nearby bench
Idioms for bench
- serving as a judge in a court of law; presiding.
- Sports. (of a player) not participating in play, either for part or all of a game.
on the bench,
Origin of bench
before 1000; Middle English, Old English benc; cognate with Old Frisian benk, Old Saxon, Dutch, Old High German bank, Old Norse bekkr < Germanic *bank-i-; see bank1
OTHER WORDS FROM bench
bench·less, adjectiveun·bench, verb (used with object)Dictionary.com Unabridged
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British Dictionary definitions for benching
bench
/ (bɛntʃ) /
noun
verb (tr)
Word Origin for bench
Old English benc; related to Old Norse bekkr, Old High German bank, Danish, Swedish bänk; see bank ³
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Idioms and Phrases with benching
bench
see on the bench; warm the bench.
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