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noun long seat ADJ. long | narrow | hard | padded | wooden | garden, park | replacements', subs', substitutes' (sport) They have several top players on the subs' bench. VERB + BENCH sit (down) on BENCH + NOUN seat PREP. on a/the ~ He often sleeps on park benches. in Parliament ADJ. government, Opposition | Conservative, Labour, etc. | back, front (Government ministers and the most important members of the Opposition sit on the front benches. Back-bench MPs have no official position besides that of MP.) VERB + BENCH be on, sit on PREP. from the … ~s There were cheers from the Labour benches. | on the … ~s Some MPs on the government back benches are starting to question the government's handling of the war. long narrow table that people work at ADJ. work (also workbench) | carpenter's, laboratory PREP. at a/the ~ He was working at his bench.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary