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water bench

water bench noun: a type of antique, rustic furniture commonly associated with Pennsylvania Dutch or Early American design.

Noun

water bench (plural water benches)

  1. (historical) A type of antique, rustic furniture commonly associated with Pennsylvania Dutch or Early American design.
    • The small size of the Pennsylvania water bench suggests its modern use as a dresser, although it was originally made to support pails of water in the kitchen or the wash-shed. In the usual water bench there is a cupboard base, a broad top, and above that a shelf which often has three small shallow...1933 August 27, Walter Rendell Storey, “ITALY'S INFLUENCE IN CLASSICAL ROOMS; Her Furniture of the Eighteenth Century Much in Demand By Decorators”, in The New York Times
    • This is a photo of an antique pine bench that belonged to my parents when they lived in Florida. When they gave it to me, they told me it was a water bench. It is approximately 17 inches high and 33 inches wide. Although I think it has been refinished, there are signs of it being used over the...2019 November 22, Anne McCollam, “Water Bucket Bench Sat Outside the Kitchen”, in Creators
    Synonyms:
    bucket bench, milk bench

Examples of water bench in a sentence

  • The small size of the Pennsylvania water bench suggests its modern use as a dresser, although it was originally made to support pails of water in the kitchen or the wash-shed.1933 August 27, Walter Rendell Storey, “ITALY'S INFLUENCE IN CLASSICAL ROOMS; Her Furniture of the Eighteenth Century Much in Demand By...
  • When they gave it to me, they told me it was a water bench.2019 November 22, Anne McCollam, “Water Bucket Bench Sat Outside the Kitchen”, in Creators:
  • This classic Pennsylvania water bench has the construction and form indicative of the mid-19th century.2020s, Jeff R. Bridgeman, “LONG PENNSYLVANIA WATER BENCH WITH TRIPLE-MORTISED CONSTRUCTION AND BEAUTIFULLY SCALLOPED LEGS, CA 1850”, in...
  • A water bench is a simple utility piece of furniture intended to store water.Unknown, Nazia Safi, “Water Bench”, in Worth Point:

Synonyms of water bench

Forms of water bench

pluralwater benches

Questions about water bench

What does water bench mean?
Water bench means a type of antique, rustic furniture commonly associated with Pennsylvania Dutch or Early American design.
How do you use water bench in a sentence?
The small size of the Pennsylvania water bench suggests its modern use as a dresser, although it was originally made to support pails of water in the kitchen or the wash-shed.
What part of speech is water bench?
Water bench is a noun.
What is the plural of water bench?
The plural of water bench is water benches.

Words near water bench in the dictionary

  1. water bed
  2. water beds
  3. water beech
  4. water beetle
  5. water beetles
  6. water bench
  7. water bewitched
  8. water bicycle
  9. water bicycles
  10. water bike
  11. water bikes

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