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AUCTION BLOCK
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Dictionary entry overview: What does auction block mean?
• AUCTION BLOCK (noun)
The noun AUCTION BLOCK has 1 sense:
1. a platform from which an auctioneer sells
Familiarity information: AUCTION BLOCK used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A platform from which an auctioneer sells
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
auction block; block
Context example:
they put their paintings on the block
Hypernyms ("auction block" is a kind of...):
platform (a raised horizontal surface)
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