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mead-bench

/ˈmiːd bɛnt͡ʃ/

mead-bench noun: a bench in a mead hall.

Noun

mead-bench (plural mead-benches)

  1. (historical) A bench in a mead hall.
    • Gold is a constant element, gleaming solidly in underground vaults, on the breasts of queens or the arms and regalia of warriors on the mead-benches.1999, Seamus Heaney, “Introduction”, in Beowulf, London: Faber and Faber, page xvi

Forms of mead-bench

pluralmead-benches

Origin of mead-bench

Revived from Old English medusetl or medubenċ.

Questions about mead-bench

What does mead-bench mean?
Mead-bench means a bench in a mead hall.
What part of speech is mead-bench?
Mead-bench is a noun.
How do you pronounce mead-bench?
Mead-bench is pronounced /ˈmiːd bɛnt͡ʃ/.
What is the plural of mead-bench?
The plural of mead-bench is mead-benches.

Words near mead-bench in the dictionary

  1. mead halls
  2. mead horn
  3. mead moon
  4. mead moons
  5. Mead Valley
  6. mead-bench
  7. mead-benches
  8. mead-horn
  9. meadcup
  10. meade
  11. Meade County

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