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A '''[[Bench (furniture)|bench]]''' is a long seat fit for several people, with or without back and/or arm rests, for sitting indoor (often in rows) or outdoor (as in a park). Benches are most often found in bus stops, parks, and cafeterias. Some benches are dedicated as a small memorial.
'''Bench''' may also refer to:
"In Clothing"
* A popular Filipino clothing brand established in the Philippines in 1987
*A style, or brand of clothing heavily popular in Europe. These clothes are often winter fashions dedicated to keeping you warm. More recently; Bench has come out with casual wear designs.
'''In law:'''
* [[Bench (metonymy)]], certain people in a given (e.g. professional) context, associated with a particular seating, especially in politics and law
* [[Bench (Judicial)]] refers to a group of judges hearing a case and juding on the matter
* The raised desk behind which a judge presides over a [[courtroom]]
'''In sports:'''
* The "bench" refers to the players on the roster that do not start regularly or are not currently playing in any given game ("on the bench")
** In soccer, the [[technical area (soccer)|technical area]] contains the [[Dugout (football)|dugout]] (or "bench")
* [[Bench (weight training)]], a piece of weight training equipment, often very similar to the above "wide backless chair"
* [[Bench press]], an open-chained form of free-weightlifting equipment
* Baseball Hall of Famer [[Johnny Bench]]
'''Elsewhere:'''
* Bench or [[bentsching]], the Jewish blessing said after a meal
* [[Bench language]] (Bench-non), a Northern Omotic language spoken in Kaffa (southeastern Ethiopia)
* [[Workbench]], a place of work consisting of a table and perhaps places to keep an arrangement of tools and materials.
* [[Bench scale]], at a laboratory (small) scale in contrast to [[commercial scale]]
* In surveying and civil engineering, a landform consisting of a long strip of land at constant height in an otherwise sloped area. If natural it is typically caused by successive depositions and erosions by a river in a [[floodplain]]. It may also be part of an artificial [[earthworks (engineering)|earthwork]] (c.f. [[benchmark]], q.v. [[berm]])
* The [[Bench (Software services)| Bench]] refers to the buffer of employees who aren't assigned to any project. This is to ensure that staffing of new projects is fairly easy.
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* [[The Bench (Film)|The Bench]] is a short film from [[The Northern Film School]].
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