Bench

• 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==