noun

• 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’

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  • ‘benchtop prototypes have been produced and successfully tested’

  1. 1.1mainly Australian, mainly 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’
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     • ‘never deep-fry on the stove—always use a benchtop fryer’