worktop

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noun

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

“The cupboards were oak and the worktop was granite.”

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Meanings

nounworktop (plural worktops)

plural worktops

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

    The cupboards were oak and the worktop was granite.

Origin

From work + top.

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Translations

Bulgarian работен плот
  • работен плотkitchen work surface
Catalan marbre
  • marbrekitchen work surface
Danish køkkenbænk
  • køkkenbænkkitchen work surface
Dutch aanrecht
  • aanrechtkitchen work surface
Finnish työtaso
  • työtasokitchen work surface
French plan de travail
  • plan de travailkitchen work surface
German Arbeitsfläche
  • Arbeitsflächekitchen work surface
Hungarian munkafelület, munkalap
  • munkafelületkitchen work surface
  • munkalapkitchen work surface
  • konyhapultkitchen work surface
Icelandic borðplata
  • borðplatakitchen work surface
Irish cuntar
  • cuntarkitchen work surface
Norwegian Bokmål kjøkkenbenk
  • kjøkkenbenkkitchen work surface
Polish blat
  • blatkitchen work surface
Russian столе́шница
  • столе́шница (stoléšnica)kitchen work surface
Spanish encimera
  • encimerakitchen work surface
Swedish bänk
  • bänkkitchen work surface
Turkish tezgâh
  • tezgâhkitchen work surface

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

worktop. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/worktop

MLA

“worktop.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/worktop. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “worktop,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/worktop.

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