{{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)|''The Bench'' (film)]], a 2000 Danish film *[[The Bench (TV series)|''The Bench'' (TV series)]], a 2001 British series *[[The Bench (Hogarth)|''The Bench'' (Hogarth)]], a painting by William Hogarth *[[The Bench (book)|''The Bench'' (book)]], a 2021 children's book by Meghan, Duchess of Sussex *[[Benched (film)|''Benched'' (film)]], a 2018 sports drama *[[Benched (TV series)|''Benched'' (TV series)]], a 2014 sitcom *[[Benched (Modern Family)|"Benched" (Modern Family)]], an episode of sitcom ''Modern Family'' *"Benched", an episode of drama series [[List of Hit the Floor episodes#ep9|''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 mining|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 (sport)|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'' *[[California Golden Bears#The Bench|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}}