Usually means: Seat for multiple people, outdoors.
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We found 62 dictionaries that define the word bench:

General (34 matching dictionaries)
  1. Bench, bench, the bench: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. bench, the bench: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. bench: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. bench, the bench: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Bench, bench: Vocabulary.com
  6. Bench, bench: Wordnik
  7. bench, bench (top), the bench: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. Bench: InfoVisual Visual Dictionary
  9. Bench, bench: Wiktionary
  10. bench: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. bench: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. bench: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. Bench, bench: Dictionary.com
  14. bench: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. bench: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Bench (British clothing brand), Bench (Philippine clothing brand), Bench (disambiguation), Bench (furniture), Bench (geology), Bench (law), Bench (weight training), Bench (woreda), Bench, The Bench (Hogarth), The Bench (TV series): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Bench: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. bench: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. bench: Rhymezone
  20. bench: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. bench: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. Bench, Bench: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  23. bench: Free Dictionary
  24. bench: Mnemonic Dictionary
  25. Bench, bench: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus
  26. Bench: Dictionary/thesaurus
  27. bench: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Business (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. bench: Webster's New World Law Dictionary
  2. Duhaime's Canadian law dictionary (No longer online)
  3. bench: Law.com Dictionary
  4. Everybody's Legal Dictionary (No longer online)
  5. THE 'LECTRIC LAW LIBRARY'S REFERENCE ROOM (No longer online)
  6. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  7. BuzzWhack (No longer online)
  8. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)
  9. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  10. International Law Dictionary (No longer online)
  11. bench, the bench: Legal dictionary
  12. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. bench: Netlingo
  2. bench: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. BENCH: Acronym Finder
  3. bench: Idioms

Religion (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Bench: Easton Bible

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. bench: Archaeology Wordsmith

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. bench, bench, bench: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. bench, the bench: Urban Dictionary

Sports (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Hickok Sports Glossaries (No longer online)
  2. Bench: Sports Definitions

Tech (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  2. Glossary of Coal Mining Terms (No longer online)
  3. bench: Construction deterioration & building durability glossary
  4. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)

(Note: See benched as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  A long seat with or without a back, found for example in parks and schools.
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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