workbench

[ wurk-bench ]
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noun
  1. a sturdy table at which an artisan works.

Origin of workbench

1
First recorded in 1775–85; work + bench

Words Nearby workbench

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How to use workbench in a sentence

  • Cut a slot in a board or in the workbench large enough to receive the stop A flat.

  • With this the young gentleman jumped lightly upon the workbench where he nursed his knees and smoked his pipe.

    A Hoosier Chronicle | Meredith Nicholson
  • If furnished with shelves, it can be used as a bookcase or tool closet, and when fully opened, it makes a handy workbench.

  • The average home mechanic with a few tools seldom has a place to work and is usually without a workbench.

  • She slid the long box onto the workbench, started to speak, but changed her mind and said nothing.

    Deathworld | Harry Harrison

British Dictionary definitions for workbench

workbench

/ (ˈwɜːkˌbɛntʃ) /


noun
  1. a heavy table at which work is done by a carpenter, mechanic, toolmaker, etc

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