bleacher

[ blee-cher ]

/ ˈbli tʃər /

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noun

Usually bleachers. a typically roofless section of inexpensive and unreserved seats in tiers, especially at an open-air athletic stadium.

a person or thing that bleaches.

a container, as a vat or tank, used in bleaching.

RELATED WORDS

grandstand, boxes

Nearby words

bldg, bldg., bldg.e., bldr., bleach, bleacher, bleacherite, bleachers, bleachery, bleaching, bleaching powder

Origin of bleacher

1540–50; 1885–90 for def 1; bleach + -er¹

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The lucky ones jogged out of the bleachers to receive their new credentials and be seated.
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In the bleachers close to the first base massed a shirt-sleeved crowd of students, row on row of them, thousands in number.
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From stands and bleachers rose a din that was almost overpowering.
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Rooters for the local team jammed the bleachers and watched the preliminary practice with critical eyes.
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What a mass of color the grandstands and bleachers presented!
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They were hooted and hissed by the students, and before half the innings were played the bleachers and stands were empty.
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British Dictionary definitions for bleachers

bleachers

/ (ˈbliːtʃəz) /

pl n

(sometimes singular) a tier of seats in a sports stadium, etc, that are unroofed and inexpensive

the people occupying such seats

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Word Origin and History for bleachers

bleacher

1540s, "one who bleaches," agent noun from bleach (v.). The "bench for spectators at a sports field" sense (usually bleachers) is attested since 1889, American English; so named because the boards were bleached by the sun.