Synonyms for bench
Definitions
- n. 1
The seat where the judges sit in court. The people who decide on the verdict, collectively; the judiciary.
They are awaiting a decision on the motion from the bench.
Related words
- Word family
- benchfellow bench-hole benchmate
- Phrases
- ride the bench warm the bench bench drill bench press bench pull bench saw bench scraper bench warrant
- Other spellings
- bentch bentsh
Forms
- Plural
- benches → courts, tribunals, judiciaries, justiciaries…
Example sentences
- tribunal The next day, the tribunal sentenced him to death.
- judiciary Netanyahu wants to severely curtail the powers of the judiciary.
- seat Take a seat in the armchair and calm down a while.
- terrace From the rooftop terrace you can see the mountains.
- workbench Ziri covered the workbench with a protective cloth.
By length
- 4 letters
- form1, seat1, berm1
- 5 letters
- court1, forme, berme, breme
- 7 letters
- counter2, terrace2
- 8 letters
- tribunal3
- 9 letters
- judiciary5, workbench2
- 10 letters
- justiciary
- 11 letters
- justiceship
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (counter2 = 2 syllables).