From en.wiktionary.org:
** English
[wikipedia] ]
*** Etymology
From [en], equivalent to [en]. Compare [nl], [sv]. The seating was so named
because the boards were bleached by the sun.[1]
*** Pronunciation
- [blēʹ-chər] , [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Noun
[en-noun]
1. One who, or that which, bleach es.
2. [en] A stand of tiered planks used as seating for spectators, often outdoors.
3. * [en]
4. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1999 | author=Jim Puhalla; Jeff Krans; Mike Goatley | title=Sports Fields: A Manual for Design, Construction and Maintenance - Page 371
|passage=Warnings such as "watch your step" can be provided when there is a
small step off a BLEACHER to the pavement or ground level.}}
1. * {{ quote-text | en | year=2004 | author=Josh Pahigian; Kevin O'Connell | title=The Ultimate Baseball Road-Trip
|passage=We prefer BLEACHER seats to Grandstand Sections 1-9. And in truth,
quite a few BLEACHER seats offer a better view of the action than the Right
Field Boxes do. BLEACHER seats are made of comfortable plastic, [...]}}
1. [en] The tiered seating provided for the audience at a television filming.
2. * {{ quote-text | en | year=2010 | author=Jeremy G. Butler | title=Television Style
|passage=In practice, audience members often have badly obstructed views of
the sets—whether due to obstructive camera dollies and production personnel or
viewers sitting in the BLEACHERS off to the side of the set that is currently
being used.}}
**** Derived terms
[en]
**** Related terms
- [one who bleaches] [en]
**** Translations
[one who bleaches]
- Chinese:
- Spanish: [es]
- Swedish: [sv]
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- Note: Some of these translations are in the plural.
[seating for spectators]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Chinese:
- Dutch: [nl]
- French: [fr] , [fr]
- German: [de] , [de] , [de]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Italian: [it]
- Norwegian: [no]
- Polish: [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Russian: [ru]
- Spanish: [es] , [es] , [es] [may refer to the audience] , [es] , [es] , [es] , [es]
- Swedish: [sv]
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*** References
References:
[1]. [pos=n]
*** Anagrams
- [en]
[en]