bench: meaning and words from its letters
5 letters · 12 letter points · starts with B · ends with H
Meaning of bench
noun
A long seat with or without a back, found for example in parks and schools.
Example: They sat on a park bench and tossed bread crumbs to the ducks and pigeons.
- figuratively
The seat where the judges sit in court. The people who decide on the verdict, collectively; the judiciary.
Example: They are awaiting a decision on the motion from the bench.
- figuratively
The seat where the judges sit in court. The office or dignity of a judge.
Example: She sat on the bench for 30 years before she retired.
A seat where people sit together in an official capacity. A long seat for politicians in a parliamentary chamber.
Example: the government front bench
Listed forms: benches, benk, bink.
Source: Wiktionary — bench.
verb
- transitive
To remove a player from play.
Example: They benched him for the rest of the game because they thought he was injured.
- figuratively, transitive
To remove someone from a position of responsibility temporarily.
- slang
To push a person backward against a conspirator behind them who is on their hands and knees, causing them to fall over.
- transitive
To furnish with benches.
Listed forms: benches, benching, benched, benk, bink.
Source: Wiktionary — bench.
verb
- colloquial, intransitive, transitive
To lift by bench pressing
Example: I heard he can bench 150 pounds.
Listed forms: benches, benching, benched.
Source: Wiktionary — bench.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for bench.
noun
a level shelf of land interrupting a declivity (with steep slopes above and below)
noun
persons who administer justice
noun
a strong worktable for a carpenter or mechanic
- workbench
- work bench
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is bench in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
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| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of bench
B(3) + E(1) + N(1) + C(3) + H(4) = 12 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of bench
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from bench
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