noun
plural benches
[count] :a long and usually hard seat for two or more people
the bench law
the place where a judge sits in a court of law
the position or rank of a judge
[count] :a long table for holding tools and work
sports
a the bench :a long seat where the members of a sports team wait for a chance to play
[count] chiefly US :the players on a team who do not usually play at the start of a game :the reserve players on a team - usually singular
verb
benches; benched; benching
[+ obj] US sports :to not allow (a player) to play in a game :to put (a player) on the bench