1A long flat table or surface where practical or scientific work is done.
‘computers in the lab are taking up more space on the benchtop’
- ‘benchtop prototypes have been produced and successfully tested’
- 1.1Australian, New Zealand A flat surface for working on in a kitchen; a worktop.
‘they fell in love with the stark-white kitchen and tiled benchtop’
- ‘never deep-fry on the stove—always use a benchtop fryer’