Meanings
plural substitutes' benches
- ball gamesThe 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 SportSynonyms: subs' bench
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe bench on which the players sit when they are not in action.
Translations
Danish udskiftningsbænk
- udskiftningsbænkthe bench on which substitutes sit
Finnish vaihtopenkki
- vaihtopenkkithe bench on which substitutes sit
French banc des remplaçants, banc de touche
- banc des remplaçantsthe bench on which substitutes sit
- banc de touchethe bench on which substitutes sit
German Ersatzbank
- Ersatzbankthe bench on which substitutes sit
Icelandic varamannabekkur
- varamannabekkurthe bench on which substitutes sit
Swedish avbytarbänk
- avbytarbänkthe bench on which substitutes sit
Cite this entry
substitutes' bench. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/substitutes'%20bench
“substitutes' bench.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/substitutes'%20bench. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “substitutes' bench,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/substitutes'%20bench.
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