CHOPPING BLOCK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does chopping block mean? 

• CHOPPING BLOCK (noun)
  The noun CHOPPING BLOCK has 1 sense:

1. a steady wooden block on which food can be cut or diced or wood can be split

  Familiarity information: CHOPPING BLOCK used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHOPPING BLOCK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A steady wooden block on which food can be cut or diced or wood can be split

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("chopping block" is a kind of...):

block (a solid piece of something (usually having flat rectangular sides))

Meronyms (substance of "chopping block"):

wood (the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees)