Bench, The Bench, Benched, or Benching may refer to:

Furniture

Bench (furniture) A bench is a long seat on which multiple people may sit at the same time. Benches are typically made of wood, but may also be made of metal, stone, or synthetic materials. Many benches have back rests, while others do not and can be accessed fr ...

, a long seat ** Memorial bench, a bench commemorating someone who is deceased *

Workbench A workbench is a sturdy table at which manual work is done. They range from simple flat surfaces to very complex designs that may be considered tools in themselves. Workbenches vary in size from tiny jewellers benches to the huge benches used by ...

, a table at which manual work is done *

Countertop A countertop, also counter top, counter, benchtop, worktop (British English) or kitchen bench (Australian or New Zealand English), bunker (Scottish English) is a raised, firm, flat, and horizontal surface. They are built for work in kitchens o ...

or benchtop

Arts

* ''The Bench'' (film), a 2000 Danish film * ''The Bench'' (TV series), a 2001 British series * ''The Bench'' (Hogarth), a painting by William Hogarth * ''The Bench'' (book), a 2021 children's book by Meghan, Duchess of Sussex * ''Benched'' (film), a 2018 sports drama * ''Benched'' (TV series), a 2014 sitcom * "Benched" (Modern Family), an episode of sitcom ''Modern Family'' *"Benched", an episode of drama series ''Hit the Floor''

Business

Bench (Philippine clothing brand) Bench (stylized as bench/ or BENCH/) is a Philippine clothing and lifestyle brand owned by Suyen Corporation. They sell a range of clothing including casualwear, underwear, and sportswear, as well as bags, accessories, footwear, and fragrances. ...

* Bench (British clothing brand) * Bench Accounting, a company

Geology

* Bench (geology), a long, relatively narrow strip of relatively level or gently inclined land of differing origins that is bounded by distinctly steeper slopes above and below it *Benches, steps cut into the side of

open-pit mines Open-pit mining, also known as open-cast or open-cut mining and in larger contexts mega-mining, is a surface mining technique that extracts rock (geology), rock or minerals from the earth. Open-pit mines are used when deposits of commercially ...

Law and politics

Bench (law) Bench used in a legal context can have several meanings. First, it can simply indicate the location in a courtroom where a judge sits. Second, the term bench is a metonym used to describe members of the judiciary collectively, or the judges o ...

, the location where a judge sits while in court, often a raised desk in a courtroom; also refers to the judiciary as a whole, and to a group of judges hearing a case and judging on a case **Bench, the panel or body of justices of the peace in a specific county under the traditional English system of magistracy

People

Jo Bench Jo-Anne Bench is a British musician from Leamington Spa, who is best known as the Bass guitar, bassist for Bolt Thrower (band), Bolt Thrower. She has performed on all of the band's albums, but not on any of their demos. Noted for being one of few ...

, English death metal bass player *

Johnny Bench Johnny Lee Bench (born December 7, 1947) is an American former professional baseball player. He played his entire Major League Baseball career, which lasted from to , with the Cincinnati Reds, primarily as a catcher. Bench was the leader of the ...

, American baseball player * Lauren Bench, American ice hockey player

Places

Bench, Idaho Bench is an Unincorporated area#United States, unincorporated community in Caribou County, Idaho, Caribou County, in the U.S. state of Idaho. Geography Bench is located along Niter-Bench Road. History The community of Bench is part of the Gem ...

Bench (woreda) Bench was one of the 77 woredas in the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region of Ethiopia. It was named for the Bench people, whose homeland lies in the northern part of the woreda. Part of the Bench Sheko Bench was bordered on the ...

, a district in Ethiopia

Spoken

Bench language Bench (''Bencnon'', Shenon or Mernon, formerly called GimiraRapold 2006) is a Northern Omotic language of the "Gimojan" subgroup, spoken by about 174,000 people (in 1998) in the Bench Maji Zone of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People ...

, spoken in the Bench Maji Zone of Ethiopia **

Bench people Bench people ( Mer Bench), are an Omotic-speaking people indigenous to southwestern Ethiopia. According to the 2007 census there are 353,526 Bench people in Ethiopia, making up 0.48% of the country's total populationBirkat Hamazon Birkat Hamazon ( "The Blessing of the Food"), known in English as the Grace After Meals ( "to bless", Yinglish: Bentsching), is a set of Hebrew language, Hebrew blessings that Halakha, Jewish law prescribes following a meal that includes at le ...

'', a Jewish blessing after eating a meal, also known as Grace After Meals

Sports

*Bench, the place where players available for substitution wait (synonymously ''dugout''); also used as a metonym to refer to the substitute players collectively, while an active player leaving the field to become a substitute is ''benched'' **In soccer, the

technical area The technical area in association football is the area at the side of the pitch which the teams' managers, other coaching personnel, and substitutes are allowed to occupy during a match. The technical area usually includes a seated area referr ...

contains the bench *

Bench (weight training) A weight training bench is a piece of exercise equipment used for weight training. Weight training benches may be of various designs: fixed horizontal, fixed inclined, fixed in a folded position, with one adjustable portion, with two or mor ...

, a piece of weight training equipment *

Bench press The bench press or chest press is a weight training exercise where a person presses a weight upwards while lying horizontally on a weight training bench. The bench press is a Compound movements, compound movement, with the primary muscles involved ...

, one of three power-lifting exercises, commonly referred to as ''benching'' * The Bench, the student rooting section for the University of California men's basketball team