Backbench
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Backbench is an adjective meaning relating to the back benches in parliament.
Meaning
relating to the back benches in parliament.
More Meanings
- Pertaining to the preparation of a donor organ prior to transplantation.
- Secondary or inactive.
- A bench at the back of a room or seating area.
- A position of secondary importance.
- (newspaper, publishing) A group of top-level journalists who jointly review submissions and decide on the layout and emphasis of the newspaper.
Example Sentences
He prefers to be a backbench MP.
But no one was waiting at the backbench and the older fellow looked as if he had dug in to stay.
Cold preservation is a component of the donor organ resection procedure, not the backbench preparation.
Some other playgoers are supping on the day's pottage at the backbenches nearby, some with a glass of reddish everyday plonk.
Word Forms
- back bench
- back-bench
- backbenches
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include mps, parliamentary, cabinetable, down-ballot, semi-parliamentary, subministerial.
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