bench

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  1. noun A long seat, often without a back, for two or more persons.
  2. noun Nautical A thwart in a boat.
  3. noun Law The seat for judges in a courtroom.

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chair ·  stool ·  couch ·  desk ·  table ·  furniture ·  box ·  shelf ·  bar ·  board ·  cabinet ·  platform

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bench:   benches

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  1. Middle English, from Old English benc.

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  1. English dial. and Scots also benk, bink, from Middle English bench, benk, bynk, from Anglo-Saxon benc (orig. *banki) = Old Saxon bank, benki = Dutch bank = Old High German banch, Middle High German G. bank = Icelandic bekkr = Swedish bänk = Danish bænk, a bench: see bank, bank.
  2. from bench, n.
 

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