Chair vs. Bench

Chairnoun

An item of furniture used to sit on or in comprising a seat, legs, back, and sometimes arm rests, for use by one person. Compare stool, couch, sofa, settee, loveseat and bench.

Chairnoun

(music) The seating position of a particular musician in an orchestra.

Chairnoun

(rail transport) An iron block used on railways to support the rails and secure them to the sleepers, and similar devices.

Chairnoun

(chemistry) One of two possible conformers of cyclohexane rings (the other being boat), shaped roughly like a chair.

Chairnoun

A distinguished professorship at a university.

Chairnoun

A vehicle for one person; either a sedan borne upon poles, or a two-wheeled carriage drawn by one horse; a gig.

Chairverb

(transitive) to act as chairperson at; to preside over

Chairverb

(transitive) to carry in a seated position upon one's shoulders, especially in celebration or victory

Chairverb

to award a chair to (a winning poet) at a Welsh eisteddfod

Chairnoun

A movable single seat with a back.

Chairnoun

An official seat, as of a chief magistrate or a judge, but esp. that of a professor; hence, the office itself.

Chairnoun

The presiding officer of an assembly; a chairman; as, to address the chair.

Chairnoun

A vehicle for one person; either a sedan borne upon poles, or two-wheeled carriage, drawn by one horse; a gig.

Chairnoun

An iron block used on railways to support the rails and secure them to the sleepers.

Chairverb

To place in a chair.

Chairverb

To carry publicly in a chair in triumph.

Chairverb

To function as chairperson of (a meeting, committee, etc.); as, he chaired the meeting.

Chairnoun

a seat for one person, with a support for the back;

Chairnoun

the position of professor;

Chairnoun

the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization;

Chairnoun

an instrument of execution by electrocution; resembles a chair;

Chairverb

act or preside as chair, as of an academic department in a university;

Chairverb

preside over;

Chair

One of the basic pieces of furniture, a chair is a type of seat. Its primary features are two pieces of a durable material, attached as back and seat to one another at a 90° or slightly greater angle, with usually the four corners of the horizontal seat attached in turn to four legs—or other parts of the seat's underside attached to three legs or to a shaft about which a four-arm turnstile on rollers can turn—strong enough to support the weight of a person who sits on the seat (usually wide and broad enough to hold the lower body from the buttocks almost to the knees) and leans against the vertical back (usually high and wide enough to support the back to the shoulder blades).

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)