woodworking bench
- noun
- /ˈwʊdˌwɜrkɪŋ bɛnʧ/
- Specialized
:
banco de trabajo
- After organizing his tools, he resumed work at the woodworking bench in the garage.
Examples
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He placed the large piece of lumber on his woodworking bench to start shaping it.
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Here's one for my woodworking bench underneath my drill press.
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They had work woodworking benches, they drove the same kind of light blue Chevrolet.
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The carpenter adjusted the clamps on his woodworking bench to secure the wood before cutting.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
A flat-topped piece of furniture with legs used for eating or working
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1.2
A strong table used for building or fixing things in a workshop
18
3.2
A strong table used for making or fixing things
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3.5
A flat surface in a kitchen, laboratory, or workshop where you do work
How Sturdy
- Specialized
18
3.2
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and compositionally derived from 'woodworking' (work with wood) + 'bench' (a sturdy work table): it denotes a bench used for woodworking. This noun-noun compound follows a straightforward, cross-linguistically common compositional pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily understand the term.
Etymology
Woodworking bench is a simple picture: woodworking is working with wood and a bench is a strong work table where a woodworker clamps a board to saw, shape, or sand. So it means 'a sturdy table used to hold wood pieces while you shape, cut, or join them'.