witness stand

1. 1.

   a box enclosure for a witness when testifying

   Synonymswitness box

   Broaderbox

   Part ofcourt

Questions about witness stand

What does witness stand mean?

witness stand means "a box enclosure for a witness when testifying".

What is another word for witness stand?

Close synonyms include witness box. 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 witness stand a common word?

witness stand is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.