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Two-time National League MVP
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bench
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Word definitions for bench in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Old English benc "long seat," from Proto-Germanic *bankiz "bank of earth," perhaps here "man-made earthwork," later "bench, table" (cognates: Old Frisian bank "bench," Old Norse bekkr , Danish bænk , Middle Dutch banc , Old High German banch ), from PIE ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Bench \Bench\, n.; pl. Benches . [OE. bench, benk, AS. benc; akin to Sw. b["a]nk, Dan b[ae]nk, Icel. bekkr, OS., D., & G. bank. Cf. Bank , Beach .] A long seat, differing from a stool in its greater length. Mossy benches supplied the place of chairs. --Sir ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
Etymology 1 alt. 1 A long seat, for example, in the park. 2 (context legal English) The people who decide on the verdict; the judiciary. 3 (context legal figuratively English) The place where the judges sit. 4 (context sports English) The place where players ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a long seat for more than one person the reserve players on a team; "our team has a strong bench" a level shelf of land interrupting a declivity (with steep slopes above and below) [syn: terrace ] persons who administer justice [syn: judiciary ] a strong ...
Usage examples of bench.
Moving very quickly I went to the bench on which was mounted the acuity tester and started to comply.
Then I noticed the dust cover for the acuity tester lying on the bench.
He arose from the oaken bench on which he was seated in the chapel, and wished, as the priest had done, to go and bid a last adieu to the double grave which contained his two lost friends.
Without care or consideration of ahimsa, Danlo reached up to the lowest branch of the tree above the bench, and he plucked off a single leaf.
A squalid alameda where there stood a rotting brushwood gazebo and a few old iron benches.
Dropping unceremoniously onto the bench beside Alec, he unhooked a cup from his belt and helped himself to the wine.
Winded but triumphant, he let a bath servant assist him into his tub while Alec stationed himself on a nearby bench.
Sighing with relief, she sat on a bench by the almonry and watched Jenny romp with a kitten.
Claire pulled Amice to her feet and helped her to a bench by the fire.
The tile was a pristine white and the place was spotless, with benches ancored to the floor, mirrors everywhere.
At length they reached a round chamber, some fifty feet across, scattered with low tables and tiny benches round a central open hearth, where a low fire burned and a huge kettle hung from a pair of andirons and a cross-bar.
The royal audience chamber is to be apsidal, lined with benches in elegant contemporary woods.
She had a bowl of soft water and a pair of boots to offer for the heavy waders, for outer comfort, a glass of cold buttermilk and a bench on which to rest, in the circular arbour until dinner was ready.
He was ravenous for the buttermilk, and when he stretched on the bench in the arbour the flickering patches of sunlight so tantalized his tired eyes, while the bees made such splendid music, he was soon sound asleep.
Uncle Henry, Aunty Em and Dorothy all squeezed up together on the front bench of the wagon.