BACKBENCH
Dictionary entry overview: What does backbench mean? • BACKBENCH (noun)
The noun BACKBENCH has 1 sense:
1. any of the seats occupied by backbenchers in the House of Commons
Familiarity information: BACKBENCH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• BACKBENCH (noun)
Meaning:
Any of the seats occupied by backbenchers in the House of Commons
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("backbench" is a kind of...):
seat (any support where you can sit (especially the part of a chair or bench etc. on which you sit))
Domain region:
Britain; GB; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland)
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