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bench work

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noun

  1. work done at a workbench, worktable, etc., as in a factory or laboratory.


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"Be nice, be conciliatory to those on the other bench, work together and make life better for the poor people in the backstreets."

From BBC ● Feb. 3, 2024

It is doubtful whether virtual labs will completely replace real bench work in scientific training just yet.

From Nature ● Oct. 2, 2018

Turned out, one of the recurrent donors to the park, who had adopted 18 benches and given them as gifts, had gotten to know and admire Lou Young from watching him do his bench work.

From New York Times ● Jun. 17, 2016

She has been doing bench work since she was 16.

From Nature ● Jan. 5, 2011

Machine shops doing principally lathe work as a matter of course use a larger percentage of their contracted power than shops doing lathe and bench work with the same hands.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 664, September 22,1888 by Various

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