[wurk-bench] 
| a sturdy table at which an artisan works. |
[bench] | 1. | a long seat for several persons: a bench in the park. |
| 2. | a seat occupied by an official, esp. a judge. |
| 3. | such a seat as a symbol of the office and dignity of an individual judge or the judiciary. |
| 4. | the office or dignity of various other officials, or the officials themselves. |
| 5. | Sports.
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| 6. | Informal. bench press. |
| 7. | Also called workbench. the strong worktable of a carpenter or other mechanic. |
| 8. | a platform on which animals are placed for exhibition, esp. at a dog show. |
| 9. | a contest or exhibition of dogs; dog show. |
| 10. | Physical Geography. a shelflike area of rock with steep slopes above and below. |
| 11. | Mining. a step or working elevation in a mine. |
| 12. | berm (def. 2). |
| 13. | to furnish with benches. |
| 14. | to seat on a bench or on the bench: an election that benched him in the district court. |
| 15. | to place (a show dog or other animal) in exhibition. |
| 16. | to cut away the working faces of (a mine or quarry) in benches. |
| 17. | Sports. to remove from a game or keep from participating in a game: to be benched because of poor hitting. |
| 18. | on the bench,
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| work·bench (wûrk'běnch') n. A sturdy table or bench at which manual work is done, as by a machinist, carpenter, or jeweler. |
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"The days for 'bench-warmers' with salaries are also past." ["New York Sporting News," Jan. 9, 1892]
