| query | In a court of law, the b____ is the judge or magistrates .In a court of law, the bench is the judge or magistrates . The chairman of the bench adjourned the case until October 27. |
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| word | bench |
| full-definition | noun A bench is a long seat of wood or metal that two or more people can sit on. He sat down on a park bench. A bench is a long, narrow table in a factory or laboratory . ...the laboratory bench. In parliament, different groups sit on different benches . For example, the government sits on the government benches . ...the opposition benches. In a court of law, the bench is the judge or magistrates . The chairman of the bench adjourned the case until October 27. If someone serves on the bench, they work as a judge or magistrate. Allgood served on the bench for more than 50 years. If a member of a sports team is on the bench for a particular match, he or she waits at the side of the field until the manager tells them to play. The coach didn't like my way of playing football. I stayed on the bench for a lot of the games. |
| inflections | benches |
| cefr-level | C1 |
Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:c1
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