bleacher
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2.8
- noun
- /ˈbliːtʃər/
- US
- Pilar sits with Amado on the football field bleachers before school starts.
- sit in the bleachers
- seat in the bleachers
- students in the bleachers
Examples
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When the game ended, we ran down the bleachers and walked home.
Fiction book (1992) -
Parents patrol the sidelines, shout encouragement from the bleachers, and often coach, whether officially assigned the task or not.
Academic text (2005) -
Tomorrow after school, want to meet out back behind the bleachers?
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- I fell out of the bleachers.
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All right, go sit in the bleachers.
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Your dad is probably cheering from the bleachers even as we speak.
Fiction book (1998) -
I watched them from the bleachers of the varsity diamond as the sun went down behind me.
Fiction book (1995) -
Five minutes later, I was at the softball field, sitting in the bleachers with Stark Hodger.
Fiction book (1997) -
We enter a green-painted ballpark with wooden bleachers, home of the Red Sticks.
Fiction book (1998) -
The children sat excitedly on the bleachers as they waited for the game to begin.
Synonyms
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1.0
An area in a room or building with places for people to sit
12
5.3
The main covered seating area for people at a stadium or racetrack
3
2.9
Open rows of seats, often outdoors, where people sit to watch sporting events
1
4.1
A place to sit in rising rows so people behind can see
1
4.1
An area of seats under a roof that shelters spectators from weather
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Etymology
Bleacher for the outdoor seats probably comes from bleach, because the sun would 'bleach' or whiten the wooden benches people sat on. A helpful way to remember it is to think of sun‑whitened rows of benches at a game.