how to pronounce bench

/ˈbɛntʃ/

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bench is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of bench in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… ascending to the federal bench i had …”

meaning of bench

A bench is a long seat with a back and two or more legs.

bench frequency in english - B2 level of CEFR

the word bench occurs in english on average 15.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics bench can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that bench can be often used in the following areas:

1) leisure and entertainment;