(sports, colloquial) To remain out of play during a game or match; to act as a substitute.

(sports, colloquial) To warm the bench.

(UK, law, historical) A legal provision by which clergymen (and, later, anybody who could read) could claim that they were outside the jurisdiction of the secular courts and be tried instead in an ecclesiastical court under canon law.

An Indian dish of potatoes baked with spices and then battered and deep-fried.

(Christianity) A bench in a church for people who regard themselves as sinners and are waiting for the Holy Spirit to enter them.

A bench or stand on which entries are placed at dog or other animal shows, horticultural shows, fairs, and similar events.

A bench with an upright board or easel attached at one end, allowing an artist to straddle the bench while working.

(obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) Good beer.

plural of beneficial owner

plural of bench easel