bleacher

[ blee-cher ]

noun

1. Usually bleachers. a typically roofless section of inexpensive and unreserved seats in tiers, especially at an open-air athletic stadium.
2. a person or thing that bleaches.
3. a container, as a vat or tank, used in bleaching.

Word History and Origins

Origin of bleacher¹

1540–50; 1885–90 bleacher fordef 1; bleach + -er ¹

Example Sentences

Instead, he was joining other teachers sweeping up material from an early morning fire underneath the stadium bleachers that severely damaged the press box.

From Los Angeles Times

The accident occurred when the bleachers in the auditorium, which were being upgraded, collapsed, according to several news outlets.

From Los Angeles Times

Freeman promptly stuck it to them with his third World Series homer, a 355-foot blast hit appropriately into the right-field bleachers.

From Los Angeles Times

She also points to an epiphany she had a quarter century ago, when she went to a Yankees game and sat in the bleachers.

From Los Angeles Times

At the rally, the family ended up by happenstance in the bleachers between Trump and the shooter.

From BBC