- bench - a long seat for more than one person
 --1 is a kind of seat
 --1 has particulars:banquette; flat bench; park bench; penalty box; pew, church bench; prie-dieu; settle, settee; window seat 
- bench - the reserve players on a team; "our team has a strong bench"
 --2 is a kind of subgroup
 --2 is a part of team, squad
 --2 has members: substitute, reserveDerived form: verb bench1 
- terrace, bench - a level shelf of land interrupting a declivity (with steep slopes above and below)
 --3 is a kind of tableland, plateau
 
- judiciary, bench - persons who administer justice
 --4 is a kind of administration, governance, governing body, establishment, brass, organization, organisation
 --4 is a member of government, authorities, regime
- workbench, work bench, bench - a strong worktable for a carpenter or mechanic
 --5 is a kind of worktable, work table
 --5 has particulars: lab bench, laboratory bench
- Bench - the magistrate or judge or judges sitting in court in judicial capacity to compose the court collectively
 --6 is a kind of assembly
 --6 is a part of court, tribunal, judicature
- bench - the reserve players on a team; "our team has a strong bench"