-chə(r) noun
( -s )
1.
a. : one that bleaches or is used in bleaching ; specifically : a worker who works at the bleaching of materials (as flour, cloth, or certain leathers)
b. : one that carries out bleaching and often also preliminary and subsequent treatments
c. : a vessel (as a tank or bin) used in bleaching
2.
a. usually bleachers plural but sometimes singular in construction : a stand of tiered planks providing relatively inexpensive and usually unreserved undivided seating space for spectators (as in a ball park) usually in a section without protection from sun or weather and affording a less advantageous view than that afforded by a grandstand
bleacher seats available
also : a similarly constructed stand erected elsewhere (as in a gymnasium)
in front of a bleachers filled with VIPs — K.M.Dodson
b. bleachers plural : all these seats of a particular place (as of a stadium)
c. bleachers plural : the occupants of the bleachers
the bleachers booed the umpire