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  • noun The surface of a bench

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Examples

  • Having the laminate benchtop is much easier to keep clean than bare wood.

    Build A Computer Desk From An IKEA Door | Lifehacker Australia 2008

  • The ZVI project began with small, "benchtop" experiments in the laboratory that used a total of 90 pounds of iron to treat toxins in solution.

    innovations-report 2008

  • "The whole set-up is very small so that you can put it on a benchtop and be able to use it not just in the hospital but in the clinics as well as in checkpoints such as airports," she said.

    MicroKit Simplifies Infectious-Disease Detection Sam Holmes 2011

  • I also have some moulded national-to-IEC plugs that will fit the socket on my modified power board, but these have right-angle bends that make them generally useless in most hotel rooms where the power point is just above the benchtop or floor.

    When Your Universal Adaptor Doesn’t Fit | Lifehacker Australia 2010

  • He pulled on a pair of latex gloves, perched on his stool, and wiped down his benchtop with ethanol.

    Ancient, Strange, and Lovely Susan Fletcher 2010

  • I also have some moulded national-to-IEC plugs that will fit the socket on my modified power board, but these have right-angle bends that make them generally useless in most hotel rooms where the power point is just above the benchtop or floor.

    When Your Universal Adaptor Doesn’t Fit | Lifehacker Australia 2010

  • Reminds me of the story of a cleaner from the excellent US book “Nickel and Dimed” – the cleaner used one washcloth for every cleaning job – kitchen, toiletbowl, dog dish, benchtop

    Earmark New And Used Kitchen Sponges | Lifehacker Australia 2008

  • He wanted a benchtop analysis pipeline that scientists and clinicians, not computer geeks, could operate, even remotely if necessary.

    The $1,000 Genome Kevin Davies 2010

  • I did a similar thing with a 2400×600 kitchen benchtop from Bunnings ($246), and 4 $10 legs from Ikea.

    Build A Computer Desk From An IKEA Door | Lifehacker Australia 2008

  • So far I have these: 1. Unpack the blender, keep it on the benchtop and learn to make verious smoothies and cocktails 2. Go through my to read/reading pile and cull books that I have been "reading" for a lengthy period of time by admitting I don't want to read them or am not enjoying them and remembering all the books I really wish I had time to read.

    The resolutions list girliejones 2010

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