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▸ noun: (law) The seat where the judges sit in court.
▸ noun: (law, figuratively) The people who decide on the verdict, collectively; the judiciary.
▸ noun: (law, figuratively) The office or dignity of a judge.
▸ noun: A seat where people sit together in an official capacity.
▸ noun: (government) A long seat for politicians in a parliamentary chamber.
▸ noun: (figuratively) The dignity of holding an official seat.
▸ noun: (figuratively) The people who hold a certain type of official seat, collectively; a group of officeholders.
▸ noun: (sports) The place where players (substitutes) and coaches sit when not playing.
▸ noun: (sports, figuratively) The number of players on a team able to participate, expressed in terms of length.
▸ noun: A place where assembly or hand work is performed; a workbench.
▸ noun: A horizontal padded surface, usually adjustable in height and inclination and often with attached weight rack, used for proper posture during exercise.
▸ noun: (surveying) A bracket used to mount land surveying equipment onto a stone or a wall.
▸ noun: A flat ledge in the slope of an earthwork, work of masonry, or similar.
▸ noun: (geology) A thin strip of relatively flat land bounded by steeper slopes above and below.
▸ noun: (Australia, New Zealand) A kitchen surface on which to prepare food, a counter.
▸ noun: (Australia, New Zealand) A bathroom surface which holds the washbasin, a vanity.
▸ noun: A collection or group of dogs exhibited to the public, traditionally on benches or raised platforms.
▸ verb: (transitive, sports) To remove a player from play.
▸ verb: (transitive, figuratively) To remove someone from a position of responsibility temporarily.
▸ verb: (slang) To push a person backward against a conspirator behind them who is on their hands and knees, causing them to fall over.
▸ verb: (transitive) To furnish with benches.
▸ verb: (transitive) To place on a bench or seat of honour.
▸ verb: (transitive and intransitive, colloquial) To lift by bench pressing
▸ noun: (weightlifting) The weight one is able to bench press, especially the maximum weight capable of being pressed.
▸ noun: A language spoken in Ethiopia
▸ noun: The people who speak the Bench language
▸ noun: A surname.
▸ verb: Alternative spelling of bentsh [(Judaism) To recite the Birkat Hamazon.]
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