English Explanatory Dictionary

chopping block

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A thick wooden slab used as a cutting surface for preparing food, splitting firewood or kindling, etc.
  2. A block of wood against which a condemned person put their head prior to beheading.
  3. A dangerous or precarious situation.
  4. The threat of an impending budget cut.

Word forms

chopping block chopping blocks

Synonyms

butcher block butcher's block

Related words

chop down chop up slash sword of Damocles take an axe to
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