stand or table on which people place flowers in memory of the deceased

Yantai (a coastal prefecture-level city in northeastern Shandong, China)

Tainan

(shogi) piece stand, for holding captured pieces

laboratory testing bench; laboratory material; subject of an experiment

stand (platform on which a witness testifies in court)

gallows (wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging)

is the best among (others)

(volleyball) a middle blocker / (soccer, rugby, handball) a halfback

the truth being unknown due to conflicting accounts; a Rashomon-like situation