A bench, seat, rail, pew, etc. set aside for mourners and repentant sinners, and is usually found at the front of a revival meeting or evangelical church.

(Britain) In the House of Commons, either of two benches nearest the floor of the chamber, one occupied by the members of the Cabinet and the other by the Shadow Cabinet.

(historical) the seat or bench at a Germanic feast

(law) A legal research memorandum drafted by a law clerk to assist a judge in deciding a case.

(US, sports) to remove the varsity players from a game and insert junior varsity players. Usually happens toward the end of a one-sided contest.

A peg placed in a hole in a workbench to clamp a workpiece in place

(soccer) substitutes' bench

(US, idiomatic, slang, baseball) A player, coach or manager who verbally annoys and distracts opposition players and umpires from his team's dugout bench.

(weightlifting) To press the weight of a barbell away from one's body while lying on a bench.

plural of bench press