Word Finder - bleachers

definition

One who, or that which, bleaches.

definition

(usually in the plural) A stand of tiered planks used as seating for spectators, often outdoors.

example

There could be a rough crowd out in the bleachers.

synonyms

• stand
• terrace

definition

(usually in the plural, by extension) The tiered seating provided for the audience at a television filming.

In 1838 he became partner in a firm of bleachers at Dundee.

Let's face it -- those bleachers and stadium seats are not very comfortable.

Team Sportswear sells stadium seat cushions for bleachers.

Mannequins also spend a lot of time onscreen these days, especially when bleachers and background restaurant tables need to be filled and not enough human volunteers turn up for auditions.

They have a cushioned back and a Velcro strap making them able to be secured to bleachers.

A good chant can set the entire bleachers rocking and bellowing their support for their team.

With the crowd also able to make tremendously loud stomps on the bleachers in most gyms, setting up easy call-and-response rhythms can become some of the most exciting floor cheers ever.

When the day of the game comes the high school cheerleading squad may ride in a bus to the away games or simply drum up support in their own community, drawing more than just student fans to the bleachers.

Gone are the days when cheerleaders merely shook their pom poms and shouted stridently up at fans in the bleachers.

The music video featured the band playing the song to bleachers packed with teenagers who become increasingly rowdy as the song progresses.

The boy is seen fighting with the popular girlfriend and elements of the song (such as the popular girl being a cheerleader and the less popular girl being in the bleachers) are illustrated in the video.

An easy way to decorate tables is by covering each table with butcher paper and drawing a football field complete with bleachers, goals, and a scoreboard.

You'd think we were still sitting in the same high school bleachers where we'd met a decade earlier.

Bleaching-powder is manufactured to the extent of several hundred thousands of tons annually, almost entirely for the use of papermakers and cotton bleachers.

High school bullies bring to mind stolen lunch money and fights behind the bleachers.

If your squad is large, send some cheerleaders into each section of the bleachers to work on a class cheer with the crowd.

The industrial development of the place started with a colony of bleachers, attracted by the clear waters of the Wupper, who in 1532 were granted the exclusive privilege of bleaching yarn.

Thus not only bleachers, carriers, chemical manufacturers, mill furnishers and accountants find their way there, but also tanners, timber merchants, stockbrokers and even wine merchants.

Owing to their strong affinity for the hydrogen of organic compounds they often act as bleachers and deodorizers.

The production of these for the use of papermakers and bleachers of textile fabrics has become an important industry, but does not enter into our province.

Hence the numerous bleachers dwell in the country with their assistants and machinery.

People in bleachers are usually very excited to see these lively dancers performing on the sidelines in their characteristically tiny cheer-shorts, pom poms in hands, and long hair flinging wildly as the dancing goes on.

The simple fact of a basketball court being smaller than an outdoor field means that it is somewhat easier to attract and hold a crowd's attention, leading them in chants or rewarding their involvement by throwing candy into the bleachers.