n.
1.a long seat for more than one person
2.the reserve players on a team
3.a level shelf of land interrupting a declivity (with steep slopes above and below)
4.persons who administer justice
5.a strong worktable for a carpenter or mechanic
6.the magistrate or judge or judges sitting in court in judicial capacity to compose the court collectively bench v.
1.take out of a game
2.exhibit on a bench
Idiom of the Day
lay off (workers/staff) or lay (workers/staff) off
to reduce the number of workers
Six hundred workers at the automobile factory were recently laid off.