bench
US /bɛntʃ/
Definition
a long seat for more than one person
Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.
Examples
Several people were waiting on the bench outside the clinic.
Synonyms
- seata space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane)
- pewlong bench with backs; used in church by the congregation
Collocations
- Easy sit on a park benchto sit on a park bench, meaning to be seated
- Medium deep bench of talented engineersdescribing deep bench of talented engineers (the central and most intense or profound part)
- Hard elevated to federal judicial benchto elevated to federal judicial bench, meaning to give a promotion to or assign to a higher position
- Very Hard warm the bench throughout the tournamentto warm the bench throughout the tournament, meaning to get warm or warmer
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