Definition of Benches

1. Noun. (plural of bench) ¹

2. Verb. (third-person singular of bench) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Benches

1. bench [v] - See also: bench

Lexicographical Neighbors of Benches

bench press
bench pressed
bench presses
bench pressing
bench testing
bench trial
bench trials
bench vise
bench warmer
bench warmers
bench warrant
bench warrants
benched
bencher
benchers
benches (current term)
benching
benchings
benchland
benchlands
benchless
benchlet
benchlets
benchlike
benchmark
benchmarkable
benchmarked
benchmarker
benchmarkers
benchmarketing

Literary usage of Benches

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1871)
"It will be seen there that I attributed the " benches " to the same origin as ... In 1859 I had only seen the " benches" on Fraser Eiver or its immediate ..."

2. Field Geology by Frederic Henry Lahee (1917)
"Fault benches.—Irregular benches are produced on the sides of hills and ... These are fault benches. Their surfaces may be undulating or hummocky and need ..."

3. Report of the Annual Meeting (1869)
"On the Formation of fiords, dînons, benches, Prairies, and Intermittent Hivers. ... benches, or terrace-liko formations 011 the sides of narrow river ..."

4. The Odyssey of Homer by Homer (1900)
"So they soon embarked and sat upon the benches, and sitting orderly smote the grey sea water with their oars. ' Thence we sailed onward stricken at heart, ..."

5. Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society of London by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) (1871)
"The benches present every variety of elevation, one above another, from 3 feet to 300 feet. Ample, and too painful, opportunity is afforded the traveller ..."

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