substitutes' bench en · NOUN
Meanings
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The bench on which the players sit when they are not in action.
Oleg Blokhin's side lost the talismanic Andriy Shevchenko to the substitutes' bench because of a knee injury but still showed enough to put England through real turmoil in spells.
2012 June 19, Phil McNulty, “England 1-0 Ukraine”, in BBC Sport:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| substitutes' benches | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Synonyms
Translations (7)
fi vaihtopenkki (the bench on which substitutes sit) · da udskiftningsbænk (the bench on which substitutes sit) · fr banc de touche (the bench on which substitutes sit) · is varamannabekkur (the bench on which substitutes sit) · de Ersatzbank (the bench on which substitutes sit) · sv avbytarbänk (the bench on which substitutes sit) · fr banc des remplaçants (the bench on which substitutes sit)