butcherblock
nounUK /ˈbʊtʃəblɒk/
US /ˈbʊtʃərblɑːk/
A thick wooden board used for cutting food in the kitchen.
Mom chopped the carrots on the butcherblock.
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OTHER MEANINGS
2. A style of furniture or surface made from strips of wood glued together.
The kitchen table has a butcherblock top.
3. A heavy wooden block used by a butcher for chopping meat.
The butcher set the roast on the butcherblock.
4. A pattern of small squares of wood arranged in a checkerboard design.
The floor was laid in a butcherblock pattern.