bench work

American  

noun

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

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Example Sentences

"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

But telling others anything along the lines of, “Oh, my mentor told me what to do,” or “I’m not sure why I’m first author; all I did was some bench work,” will fast-track a new round of impostor-syndrome symptoms.

From Nature

This level of flexibility is beneficial because researchers in a convergence model are just as likely to be doing wet bench work as they are to be doing prototypes, physical and virtual simulations, data informatics and data analysis.

From Scientific American

The innumerable hours spent on bench work, courses and my thesis meant that I had little time for myself, or for maintaining healthy relationships with my girlfriend and family.

From Nature

They allow us to pick ourselves up and keep trying when a three-week-long experiment goes south for the fifth time in a row, and they can be beneficial outside bench work.

From Nature