n.
1.a long seat for more than one person
2.the reserve players on a team
3.a level shelf of land interrupting a declivity (with steep slopes above and below)
4.persons who administer justice
5.a strong worktable for a carpenter or mechanic
6.the magistrate or judge or judges sitting in court in judicial capacity to compose the court collectively bench v.
1.take out of a game
2.exhibit on a bench
Idiom of the Day
look like the cat that ate/swallowed the canary
to seem very self-satisified, to look like you have just had some kind of success
The boy looked like the cat that ate the canary when he won the race.