Bench seat — The traditional seat installed in American automobiles was the bench seat. This seat featured a continuous pad running the full width of the cabin. The second row of most sedans is usually a bench, unless a console is installed in a luxury model… … Wikipedia
Bench — /bench/, n. Johnny, born 1947, U.S. baseball player. * * * ▪ furniture long seat that may be freestanding, fixed to the wall, or placed against the wall. Paneled benches were used by the Romans, and they were the most common form of seating in… … Universalium
Bench (furniture) — For metonymic and other uses see Bench (metonymy) and Bench A bench is a piece of furniture, which mostly offersseveral persons seating. As a rule, benches are made of wood, but one can also find stone benches and benches made of synthetic… … Wikipedia
bench — benchless, adj. /bench/, n. 1. a long seat for several persons: a bench in the park. 2. a seat occupied by an official, esp. a judge. 3. such a seat as a symbol of the office and dignity of an individual judge or the judiciary. 4. the office or… … Universalium
bench — bench1 W3S2 [bentʃ] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(outdoor seat)¦ 2¦(in a law court)¦ 3¦(sports)¦ 4¦(parliament)¦ 5¦(table)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [: Old English; Origin: benc] 1.) ¦(OUTDOOR SEAT)¦ a long seat for two or more people, especially o … Dictionary of contemporary English
bench — I UK [bentʃ] / US noun Word forms bench : singular bench plural benches ** 1) [countable] a hard seat for two or more people, usually outside in a public place a park bench 2) [countable] a long table used by someone working with tools 3)… … English dictionary
bench — bench1 [ bentʃ ] noun ** ▸ 1 long seat ▸ 2 job of being judge ▸ 3 table for working on ▸ 4 in sports ▸ 5 in parliament 1. ) count a hard seat for two or more people, usually outside in a public place: a park bench 2. ) the bench the position of… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
bench — 1 /bentS/ noun 1 SEAT (C) a long seat for two or more people, used especially outdoors: a park bench 2 COURT the bench a) the seat where a judge or magistrate sits in a court of law: Would the prisoner please approach the bench? b) the position… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
bench — [bentʃ] noun 1) [C] a hard seat for two or more people to sit on outside a park bench[/ex] 2) [C] a long table that you use when you are working with tools 3) the bench [singular] a place where people in a sports team sit when they are not… … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
bench seat — A front seat which runs from the left door to the right door. The alternative is bucket seats. Also see split bench seat … Dictionary of automotive terms
seats — sɪËt n. furniture designed for sitting upon (such as a chair or bench); horizontal part of a chair used for sitting; place to sit; place, location; center of an organization; house, home; buttocks, backside v. place in a seat; have a seating… … English contemporary dictionary