Bench can be used as a figure of speech for a group of people associated with sitting on particular benches. The words chair, seat and desk can be used in similar ways.
In legal contexts, the bench is the location where judges sit while in court, often specified after the type of court, e.g. county bench (in both UK and US), or one of several bodies of magistrates (elsewhere known by other terms, e.g. a chamber, division or senate) assigned to certain types of litigation, e.g. Kings Bench Division
Bench (geology), a long, relatively narrow strip of relatively level or gently inclined land of differing origins that is bounded by distinctly steeper slopes above and below it
The image – taken in Bridgend – shows the trio sprawled on and around a bench. One is semi-naked ... The picture – taken on Tuesday afternoon – has been shared almost 2,000 times on social media. A second later emerged showing a fourth man unconscious on another town bench ... ....
Showalter told reporters he doesn't expect Davis to miss�a "week or two," but he would be available if "the team needs what he can bring" off the bench... ....
MILWAUKEE – Maikel Franco’s playing time has already been pinched. And Friday night – thanks to the defensive growth of J.P. Crawford – it became even tighter ... So Franco stayed on the bench ... His struggles at the plate – a .221 on-base percentage in his last 86 plate appearances – were keeping him on the bench. But now his glove is, too ... ....
Egypt talisman Mohamed Salah was deemed fit enough to be named in the matchday squad following the shoulder injury he suffered in the Champions League final with Liverpool but watched the whole match from the bench in Ekaterinburg as his country suffered heartbreak in their first World Cup outing for 28 years. Dull first half ... Canny Cavani ... ....
Stephen L. Lustig is running for county court judge in Group 25. Voters may recognize him as the wildly successful traffic-ticket attorney and entrepreneur who built the “TicketTitan” franchise in Broward County. Lustig, 51, is challenging incumbent JudgeRobert W. Lee, who has been on the county ... ....
Egypt coach Hector Cuper couldn't say for certain whether Mohamed Salah's absence was the thing cost his team during its 1-0 loss to Uruguay at the World Cup.......