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bench-warmer

bench-warmer noun: a player who rarely or never gets to play in the games or matches, and is most often a substitute.

Noun

bench-warmer (plural bench-warmers)

  1. (colloquial) A player who rarely or never gets to play in the games or matches, and is most often a substitute.

Forms of bench-warmer

pluralbench-warmers

Questions about bench-warmer

What does bench-warmer mean?
Bench-warmer means a player who rarely or never gets to play in the games or matches, and is most often a substitute.
What part of speech is bench-warmer?
Bench-warmer is a noun.
What is the plural of bench-warmer?
The plural of bench-warmer is bench-warmers.

Words near bench-warmer in the dictionary

  1. bench-holes
  2. bench-press
  3. bench-pressed
  4. bench-presses
  5. bench-pressing
  6. bench-warmer
  7. bench-warmers
  8. benchball
  9. benchboard
  10. benchboards
  11. benchbook

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