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workbench

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /ˈwɝk.bɛnt͡ʃ/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɛntʃ
  • CMU ARPABET: W ER1 K B EH2 N CH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A sturdy bench or table at which manual work is done by a carpenter, machinist, etc.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A horizontal padded surface, usually adjustable in height and inclination and often with attached weight rack, used for proper posture during exercise.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

a strong worktable for a carpenter or mechanic

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: work bench, bench

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: worktable, work table

Narrower terms: lab bench, laboratory bench

History

Etymology

From work + bench.

Across languages

Translations

87 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: طَاوِلَة عَمَل (ṭāwilat ʕamal) — sturdy table
  • Armenian: դազգահ (dazgah) — sturdy table
  • Azerbaijani: dəzgah — sturdy table
  • Belarusian: варшта́т (varštát) — sturdy table
  • Belarusian: стано́к (stanók) — sturdy table
  • Bulgarian: стано́к (stanók) — sturdy table
  • Bulgarian: ра́ботна ма́са (rábotna mása) — sturdy table
  • Bulgarian: тезгя́х (tezgjáh) — sturdy table
  • Catalan: obrador — sturdy table
  • Chinese Mandarin: 工作臺 /工作台 (gōngzuòtái) — sturdy table
  • Czech: ponk — sturdy table
  • Czech: pracovní stůl — sturdy table
  • Danish: arbejdsbord — sturdy table
  • Dutch: werkbank — sturdy table
  • Esperanto: stablo — sturdy table
  • Estonian: tööpink — sturdy table
  • Finnish: penkki — sturdy table
  • Finnish: höyläpenkki — sturdy table
  • Finnish: työstöpenkki — sturdy table
  • Finnish: työpöytä — sturdy table
  • French: établi — sturdy table
  • Galician: banco — sturdy table
  • Georgian: დაზგა (dazga) — sturdy table
  • Georgian: სამუშაო ადგილი (samušao adgili) — sturdy table
  • Georgian: სამუშაო ინსტრუმენტები (samušao insṭrumenṭebi) — sturdy table
  • German: Werkbank — sturdy table
  • German: Arbeitstisch — sturdy table
  • German: Werktisch — sturdy table
  • Greek: πάγκος (págkos) — sturdy table
  • Hungarian: munkapad — sturdy table
  • Hungarian: munkaasztal — sturdy table
  • Indonesian: meja kerja — sturdy table
  • Irish: binse — sturdy table
  • Irish: binse oibre — sturdy table
  • Italian: piano da lavoro — sturdy table
  • Japanese: 仕事台 (shigotodai) — sturdy table
  • Japanese: ワークベンチ (wākubenchi) — sturdy table
  • Japanese: 作業台 (sagyōdai) — sturdy table
  • Kazakh: шеберүстел (şeberüstel) — sturdy table
  • Khmer: តុជាង (tok ciəng) — sturdy table
  • Korean: 작업대 (jageopdae) — sturdy table
  • Korean: 워크벤치 (wokeubenchi) — sturdy table
  • Kyrgyz: верстак (verstak) — sturdy table
  • Macedonian: работна маса (rabotna masa) — sturdy table
  • Māori: tūpapa — sturdy table
  • Māori: tūpapa mahi — sturdy table
  • Mi'kmaq: te'sipowji'j — sturdy table
  • Norwegian Bokmål: arbeidsbenk — sturdy table
  • Occitan: taulièr — sturdy table
  • Occitan: banca — sturdy table
  • Occitan: taula de trabalh — sturdy table
  • Occitan: banc — sturdy table
  • Persian: میز کار (miz-e kâr) — sturdy table
  • Persian: دستگاه (dastgâh) — sturdy table
  • Plautdietsch: Woakjdesch — sturdy table
  • Polish: stół — sturdy table
  • Polish: warsztat — sturdy table
  • Polish: stół warsztatowy — sturdy table
  • Portuguese: bancada — sturdy table
  • Portuguese: banca — sturdy table
  • Romanian: banc — sturdy table
  • Romanian: banc de lucru — sturdy table
  • Russian: верста́к (versták) — sturdy table
  • Russian: стано́к (stanók) — sturdy table
  • Scottish Gaelic: being-obrach — sturdy table
  • Serbo-Croatian: радна тезга — sturdy table
  • Serbo-Croatian: radna tezga — sturdy table
  • Slovak: pracovný stôl — sturdy table
  • Slovak: ponk — sturdy table
  • Slovak: hoblica — sturdy table
  • Slovene: delovna miza — sturdy table
  • Spanish: mesa de trabajo — sturdy table
  • Swedish: arbetsbänk — sturdy table
  • Swedish: bänk — sturdy table
  • Swedish: hyvelbänk — sturdy table
  • Swedish: snickarbänk — sturdy table
  • Swedish: slöjdbänk — sturdy table
  • Tajik: дастгоҳ (dastgoh) — sturdy table
  • Turkish: çalışma tezgahı — sturdy table
  • Turkish: tezgâh — sturdy table
  • Ukrainian: верста́т (verstát) — sturdy table
  • Ukrainian: верста́к (versták) — sturdy table
  • Ukrainian: стано́к (stanók) — sturdy table
  • Uzbek: verstak — sturdy table
  • Uzbek: dastgoh — sturdy table
  • Vietnamese: bàn thợ — sturdy table
  • Welsh: mainc weithio — sturdy table