chopping block
- a thick, often large block of wood on which meat, vegetables, etc., are placed for cutting, trimming, chopping, and the like.
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Origin of chopping block
First recorded in 1695–1705
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Examples from the Web for chopping block
Historical Examples
Having dragged him, as she imagined, to the chopping-block, she could not refrain from chopping.
ScaramoucheRafael Sabatini
You can have old Martin for a chopping-block any time you want to cut wood.
The Trail of the HawkSinclair Lewis
What do you here who should be in prison waiting on the chopping-block?
When God Laughs and Other StoriesJack London
As she passed the chopping-block, Kirstie snatched up her axe.
The Heart of the Ancient WoodCharles G. D. Roberts
I walked three times around that ham there on the chopping-block.
The Story of OpalOpal Whiteley