countertop
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2.7
- noun
- /ˈkaʊntərˌtɑp/
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encimera
- The contractor installed a new marble countertop in the kitchen for an elegant look.
My vent hood would pretty much exhaust my food on the countertop instead of the stove.
- My vent hood would pretty much exhaust my food on the countertop instead of the stove.
- He'll touch a lamp, he'll touch the wall, he'll touch the countertops.
Examples
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Susan glanced at the baking pan on the countertop and half-smiled.
Fiction book (1991) -
So it's cream cabinetry and then a white countertop and marble.
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Also, something cool is this countertop comes up, so it's like an extra working space.
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Put a nice stone countertop on it and you know what, it works.
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So we're going to take this and get this up on a countertop so that we can work on it a little easier.
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I pulled it out and set it carefully on the countertop, holding it at arm's length.
Fiction book (1993) -
This is a standard height right here for your countertop and it's a really comfortable working height.
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But it also lets you know that right below this here countertop is a USB outlet.
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There was a plate of six big crab cakes on the countertop, ready for frying.
Fiction book (1992) -
On the marble countertop in the kitchen, she had already cracked the eggs for an omelette.
Fiction book (1994)
Synonyms
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1.0
A long flat surface in a shop where people serve or sell items
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2.7
A flat surface like a table or countertop where you do work
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3.5
A flat surface in a kitchen, laboratory, or workshop where you do work
How Durable
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Morphology
Etymology
Countertop is made of counter and top. A counter is the long flat surface you use in a kitchen or shop and top means 'the upper surface', so a countertop is the 'top of the counter', the flat work surface where you put things or cook.