Bench vs. Branch

Benchnoun

A long seat with or without a back, found for example in parks and schools.

Benchnoun

(legal) The people who decide on the verdict; the judiciary.

Benchnoun

The place where the judges sit.

Benchnoun

The dignity of holding an official seat.

Benchnoun

(sports) The place where players (substitutes) and coaches sit when not playing.

Benchnoun

The number of players on a team able to participate, expressed in terms of length.

Benchnoun

A place where assembly or hand work is performed; a workbench.

Benchnoun

(weightlifting) A horizontal padded surface, usually with a weight rack, used for support during exercise.

Benchnoun

(surveying) A bracket used to mount land surveying equipment onto a stone or a wall.

Benchnoun

A flat ledge in the slope of an earthwork, work of masonry, or similar.

Benchnoun

(geology) A thin strip of relatively flat land bounded by steeper slopes above and below.

Benchnoun

A kitchen surface on which to prepare food, a counter.

Benchnoun

A bathroom surface which holds the washbasin, a vanity.

Benchnoun

A collection or group of dogs exhibited to the public, traditionally on benches or raised platforms.

Benchnoun

(weightlifting) The weight one is able to bench press, especially the maximum weight capable of being pressed.

Benchverb

To remove a player from play.

Benchverb

To remove someone from a position of responsibility temporarily.

Benchverb

(slang) To push a person backward against a conspirator behind them who is on their hands and knees, causing them to fall over.

Benchverb

(transitive) To furnish with benches.

Benchverb

(transitive) To place on a bench or seat of honour.

Benchverb

To lift by bench pressing

Benchverb

alternative spelling of bentsh

Benchnoun

A long seat, differing from a stool in its greater length.

Benchnoun

A long table at which mechanics and other work; as, a carpenter's bench.

Benchnoun

The seat where judges sit in court.

Benchnoun

The persons who sit as judges; the court; as, the opinion of the full bench. See King's Bench.

Benchnoun

A collection or group of dogs exhibited to the public; - so named because the animals are usually placed on benches or raised platforms.

Benchnoun

A conformation like a bench; a long stretch of flat ground, or a kind of natural terrace, near a lake or river.

Benchverb

To furnish with benches.

Benchverb

To place on a bench or seat of honor.

Benchverb

To sit on a seat of justice.

Benchnoun

a long seat for more than one person

Benchnoun

the reserve players on a team;

Benchnoun

a level shelf of land interrupting a declivity (with steep slopes above and below)

Benchnoun

persons who administer justice

Benchnoun

a strong worktable for a carpenter or mechanic

Benchnoun

the magistrate or judge or judges sitting in court in judicial capacity to compose the court collectively

Benchverb

take out of a game; of players

Benchverb

exhibit on a bench;

Benchnoun

a long seat for several people, typically made of wood or stone

Benchnoun

a long work table in a workshop or laboratory

Benchnoun

a judge's seat in a law court.

Benchnoun

the office of judge or magistrate

Benchnoun

a judge or magistrate presiding over a particular case.

Benchnoun

a long seat in Parliament for politicians of a specified party

Benchnoun

the politicians occupying a specified bench in Parliament

Benchnoun

a seat at the side of a sports field for coaches, substitutes, and players not taking part in a game

Benchnoun

a flat ledge in masonry or on sloping ground.

Benchverb

exhibit (a dog) at a show

Benchverb

withdraw (a sports player) from play

Benchverb

short for bench press (verb)

Branchnoun

The woody part of a tree arising from the trunk and usually dividing.

Branchnoun

Any of the parts of something that divides like the branch of a tree.

Branchnoun

A creek or stream which flows into a larger river. compare Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia run, and New York and New England brook.

Branchnoun

(geometry) One of the portions of a curve that extends outwards to an indefinitely great distance.

Branchnoun

A location of an organization with several locations.

Branchnoun

A line of family descent, in distinction from some other line or lines from the same stock; any descendant in such a line.

Branchnoun

(Mormonism) A local congregation of the LDS Church that is not large enough to form a ward; see Wikipedia article on ward in LDS church.

Branchnoun

An area in business or of knowledge, research.

Branchnoun

(nautical) A certificate given by Trinity House to a pilot qualified to take navigational control of a ship in British waters.

Branchnoun

(computer architecture) A sequence of code that is conditionally executed.

Branchnoun

(computing) A group of related files in a source control system, including for example source code, build scripts, and media such as images.

Branchnoun

(rail transport) A branch line.

Branchverb

(intransitive) To arise from the trunk or a larger branch of a tree.

Branchverb

(intransitive) To produce branches.

Branchverb

(ambitransitive) To (cause to) divide into separate parts or subdivisions.

Branchverb

To jump to a different location in a program, especially as the result of a conditional statement.

Branchnoun

A shoot or secondary stem growing from the main stem, or from a principal limb or bough of a tree or other plant.

Branchnoun

Any division extending like a branch; any arm or part connected with the main body of thing; ramification; as, the branch of an antler; the branch of a chandelier; a branch of a river; a branch of a railway.

Branchnoun

Any member or part of a body or system; a distinct article; a section or subdivision; a department.

Branchnoun

One of the portions of a curve that extends outwards to an indefinitely great distance; as, the branches of an hyperbola.

Branchnoun

A line of family descent, in distinction from some other line or lines from the same stock; any descendant in such a line; as, the English branch of a family.

Branchnoun

A warrant or commission given to a pilot, authorizing him to pilot vessels in certain waters.

Branchadjective

Diverging from, or tributary to, a main stock, line, way, theme, etc.; as, a branch vein; a branch road or line; a branch topic; a branch store.

Branchverb

To shoot or spread in branches; to separate into branches; to ramify.

Branchverb

To divide into separate parts or subdivision.

Branchverb

To divide as into branches; to make subordinate division in.

Branchverb

To adorn with needlework representing branches, flowers, or twigs.

Branchnoun

an administrative division of some larger or more complex organization;

Branchnoun

a division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the main stem of a plant

Branchnoun

a part of a forked or branching shape;

Branchnoun

a natural consequence of development

Branchnoun

a stream or river connected to a larger one

Branchnoun

any projection that is thought to resemble an arm;

Branchverb

grow and send out branches or branch-like structures;

Branchverb

divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork;

Branchnoun

a part of a tree which grows out from the trunk or from a bough

Branchnoun

a lateral extension or subdivision extending from the main part of a river, road, railway, etc.

Branchnoun

a division or office of a large business or organization, operating locally or having a particular function

Branchnoun

a conceptual subdivision of a family, subject, group of languages, etc.

Branchverb

(of a road or path) divide into one or more subdivisions

Branchverb

diverge from the main route or part

Branchverb

extend or expand one's activities or interests in a new direction

Branchverb

(of a tree or plant) bear or send out branches

Branch

A branch (UK: or UK: , US: ) or tree branch (sometimes referred to in botany as a ramus) is a woody structural member connected to but not part of the central trunk of a tree (or sometimes a shrub). Large branches are known as boughs and small branches are known as twigs.