bench
/ˈbɛnt͡ʃ/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.39 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "They sat on a park bench and tossed bread crumbs to the ducks and pigeons."
- "Scarborough station's famous 139-metre-long bench, believed to be the longest in the world, has been restored in a £14,500 project."
- "They are awaiting a decision on the motion from the bench."
- "She sat on the bench for 30 years before she retired."
- "the government front bench"
- "On the opposition benches at Holyrood, Scottish Labour's transport spokesman Neil Bibby favours a more formal approach of involving passenger and worker representatives in the management of ScotRail."
Etymology
From Middle English bench, benk, bynk, from Old English benċ (“bench”), from Proto-West Germanic *banki, from Proto-Germanic *bankiz (“bench”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg-. Cognate with Scots benk, bink (“bench”), West Frisian bank (“bench”), Dutch bank (“bench”), German Bank (“bench”), Danish bænk (“bench”), Swedish bänk (“bench”), Icelandic bekkur (“bench”). Doublet of banc, banco, and bank.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *bʰeg-, bench, benċ, *banki, *bankiz, -
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈbɛnt͡ʃ/
- British English: /ˈbɛnt͡ʃ/