Meanings
plural workbenches
- A horizontal padded surface, usually adjustable in height and inclination and often with attached weight rack, used for proper posture during exercise.
Mr Plumptre was lying on the work bench with the back of it 'slightly up' when it suddenly collapsed down causing the weights to 'crash' down on his upper abdomen and lower chest.
2019 July 9, Amie Gordon, “Hospital IT worker, 39, died after gym bench collapsed and he dropped 132lb barbell on his stomach causing deep tears to his liver and spleen, inquest hears”, in Daily Mail1 more example
yeah i have been lightly following quite a few of them so far and progress has deff been good but im always afraid of fucking up deadlifts. will be getting adjustable weights soon and a work bench and mainly do squats, presses, and incline situps
2023 October 25, @Drokar_LDMM, X
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Arabic طَاوِلَة عَمَل
- طَاوِلَة عَمَل (ṭāwilat ʕamal)sturdy table
Bulgarian стано́к, ра́ботна ма́са
- стано́к (stanók)sturdy table
- ра́ботна ма́са (rábotna mása)sturdy table
- тезгя́х (tezgjáh)sturdy table
Catalan obrador
- obradorsturdy table
Chinese Mandarin 工作臺 /工作台
- 工作臺 /工作台 (gōngzuòtái)sturdy table
Czech ponk, pracovní stůl
- ponksturdy table
- pracovní stůlsturdy table
Danish arbejdsbord
- arbejdsbordsturdy table
Dutch werkbank
- werkbanksturdy table
Esperanto stablo
- stablosturdy table
Estonian tööpink
- tööpinksturdy table
Finnish penkki, höyläpenkki
- penkkisturdy table
- höyläpenkkisturdy table
- työstöpenkkisturdy table
- työpöytästurdy table
French établi
- établisturdy table
German Werkbank, Arbeitstisch
- Werkbanksturdy table
- Arbeitstischsturdy table
- Werktischsturdy table
Greek πάγκος
- πάγκος (págkos)sturdy table
Hungarian munkapad, munkaasztal
- munkapadsturdy table
- munkaasztalsturdy table
Indonesian meja kerja
- meja kerjasturdy table
Irish binse, binse oibre
- binsesturdy table
- binse oibresturdy table
Italian piano da lavoro
- piano da lavorosturdy table
Japanese 仕事台, ワークベンチ
- 仕事台 (shigotodai)sturdy table
- ワークベンチ (wākubenchi)sturdy table
- 作業台 (sagyōdai)sturdy table
Korean 작업대, 워크벤치
- 작업대 (jageopdae)sturdy table
- 워크벤치 (wokeubenchi)sturdy table
Māori tūpapa, tūpapa mahi
- tūpapasturdy table
- tūpapa mahisturdy table
Norwegian Bokmål arbeidsbenk
- arbeidsbenksturdy table
Persian میز کار, دستگاه
- میز کار (miz-e kâr)sturdy table
- دستگاه (dastgâh)sturdy table
Polish stół, warsztat
- stółsturdy table
- warsztatsturdy table
- stół warsztatowysturdy table
Portuguese bancada, banca
- bancadasturdy table
- bancasturdy table
Romanian banc, banc de lucru
- bancsturdy table
- banc de lucrusturdy table
Russian верста́к, стано́к
- верста́к (versták)sturdy table
- стано́к (stanók)sturdy table
Scottish Gaelic being-obrach
- being-obrachsturdy table
Slovak pracovný stôl, ponk
- pracovný stôlsturdy table
- ponksturdy table
- hoblicasturdy table
Spanish mesa de trabajo
- mesa de trabajosturdy table
Swedish arbetsbänk, bänk
- arbetsbänksturdy table
- bänksturdy table
- hyvelbänksturdy table
- snickarbänksturdy table
- slöjdbänksturdy table
Turkish çalışma tezgahı, tezgâh
- çalışma tezgahısturdy table
- tezgâhsturdy table
Ukrainian верста́т, верста́к
- верста́т (verstát)sturdy table
- верста́к (versták)sturdy table
- стано́к (stanók)sturdy table
Vietnamese bàn thợ
- bàn thợsturdy table
Welsh mainc weithio
- mainc weithiosturdy table
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with workbench
Anagrams
Cite this entry
workbench. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/workbench
“workbench.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/workbench. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “workbench,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/workbench.
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