worktop

/wˈɜktɑp/ noun

A surface, usually resting on cupboards or drawers that can be used to work on. Usually in a kitchen.

Word Origin Worktop is a straightforward compound: work + top, the top surface where you work. Both words are ancient: work from Proto-Germanic *werką, related to Greek ergon 'work', and top from *tuppaz 'summit'. So a worktop is literally the summit of your labor.

noun A surface, usually resting on cupboards or drawers that can be used to work on. Usually in a kitchen. countable

She rolled out the pastry dough on the marble worktop in her newly renovated kitchen.

(名词) 操作台;工作台面;料理台 【操作台面】

她在新装修的厨房大理石操作台上擀开了酥皮面团。

(sustantivo) encimera; mesada; mesón [Una superficie, generalmente apoyada sobre gabinetes o cajones, que se puede usar para trabajar. Generalmente en una cocina.]

Extendió la masa de hojaldre sobre la encimera de mármol de su cocina recién renovada.

(nom) plan de travail; surface de travail [Plan de travail, généralement posé sur des placards ou des tiroirs, servant de surface pour cuisiner ou travailler ; se trouve surtout dans une cuisine.]

Elle a étalé la pâte sur le plan de travail en marbre de sa cuisine récemment rénovée.

(Substantiv) Arbeitsplatte; Küchenarbeitsplatte [**worktop** ist eine Arbeitsfläche, meist in Küchen, die auf Schränken oder Schubladen montiert ist und zum Zubereiten von Speisen oder anderen Tätigkeiten dient.]

Sie rollte den Teig auf der Marmor-**worktop** in ihrer neu renovierten Küche aus.

(名詞) 作業台(多くは台所で使われ、戸棚や引き出しの上に設置される)。

彼女は新しく改装した台所で、大理石の作業台の上にペストリー用の生地を伸ばした。

(substantivo) bancada; bancada de cozinha; balcão [Uma superfície, geralmente apoiada em armários ou gavetas, que pode ser usada para trabalhar. Geralmente em uma cozinha.]

Ela estendeu a massa folhada na bancada de mármore de sua cozinha recém-reformada.

Word parts: work + top

Common collocations

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