bench

1. 1.

   take out of a game; of players

   Broaderremove
2. 2.

   exhibit on a bench

   “bench the poodles at the dog show”

   Broaderexpose

Other forms of bench

plural

benches·

past tense

benched·

present participle

benching·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about bench

What does bench mean?

bench means "a long seat for more than one person". That is the primary sense; the word has 9 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in bench?

bench has 1 syllable: bench. In IPA it is /ˈbɛntʃ/.

What is another word for bench?

Close synonyms include terrace, judiciary, workbench, work bench. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is bench a common word?

bench is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with bench?

1 word rhymes with bench. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.