bench

     

A Bench (furniture) is a long seat fit for several people, with or without back an/or arm rests, for sitting indoor (often in rows) or outdoor (as in a park). Benches are most often found in bus stops, parks, and cafeterias. Some benches are dedicated as a small memorial.

Trivia about bench

  • This oblong seat without a back holds baseball players
  • (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from a courtroom.) The judge might not literally sit on one, but his predecessors did, as in the Shakespeare line, "To pluck down justice from your awful" this
  • I'm fine without a spotter as I lie on this to do the "press" named for it--uh, help?
  • Dugout furniture (5)
  • A home workman's holds tools; a ballpark's holds the home team
  • It's the office or position of a judge, or where he sits

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