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WURKT-op/ˈwɜːktɒp/

A worktop is the flat kitchen surface you chop and put appliances on (UK). US countertop or counter. A workbench is for tools in a garage or shed, not food. Collocation: wipe the worktop; a granite / laminate worktop. Countable.

Meaning

The flat surface in a kitchen where you prepare food (UK; US countertop).

Examples

• “Chop the onions on the kitchen worktop, not on the sofa.”
• “Do not put a hot pan straight on the worktop without a mat.”
• “We ordered a new worktop when we had the kitchen done.”

Good to know

a worktop (UK). US: a countertop. Contrast: a workbench (tools). Wipe / clear the worktop.

Near in meaning

countertop

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