CROSSBENCH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does crossbench mean? 

• CROSSBENCH (noun)
  The noun CROSSBENCH has 1 sense:

1. any of the seats in the House of Commons used by members who do not vote regularly with either the government or the Opposition

  Familiarity information: CROSSBENCH used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CROSSBENCH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of the seats in the House of Commons used by members who do not vote regularly with either the government or the Opposition

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("crossbench" 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; 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; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)