{{wiktionary|bench}} '''Bench''', '''The Bench''', '''Benched''', or '''Benching''' may refer to: {{TOC right}} ==Furniture== *Bench (furniture), a long seat **Memorial bench, a bench commemorating someone who is deceased *Workbench, a table at which manual work is done *Countertop 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 (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
==Law and politics== *Bench (law), 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, English death metal bass player *Johnny Bench (born 1947), American baseball player *Lauren Bench (born 1997), American ice hockey player
==Places== *Bench, Idaho *Bench (woreda), a district in Ethiopia
==Spoken== *Bench language, spoken in the Bench Maji Zone of Ethiopia **Bench people, an ethnic group of Ethiopia, speakers of the Bench language *Benching, bentching, or bentsching: the recitation of ''Birkat Hamazon'', 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 contains the bench *Utility bench, a piece of weight training equipment *Bench press, 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
==See also== *Benchmark (disambiguation) *Benchmarking, the practice of comparing business processes and performance metrics to industry bests and best practices *Benchmarking (hobby), a recreational activity in which participants search for benchmarks using a handheld Global Positioning System {{dab}}