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chopping block

noun

Definitions

  1. A thick wooden slab used as a cutting surface for preparing food, splitting firewood or…

    A thick wooden slab used as a cutting surface for preparing food, splitting firewood or kindling, etc.

    • Near-synonyms: butcher block, butcher's block

  2. A block of wood against which a condemned person put their head prior to beheading.

  3. A dangerous or precarious situation.

    • Jim really put his head on the chopping block when he started flirting with the boss's daughter.

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