Definition of Chopping block

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

Generic synonyms: Block
Terms within: Wood

Definition of Chopping block

1. Noun. A wooden slab used as a cutting surface for food etc. ¹

2. Noun. (historical informal) A block of wood against which a condemned person put their head prior to beheading. ¹

3. Noun. (by extension) A dangerous predicament or situation. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chopping Block

chopped
chopped-liver
chopped liver
chopped logic
chopped steak
choppered
choppering
choppers
choppier
choppiest
choppily
choppiness
choppinesses
chopping
chopping block (current term)
chopping board
chopping boards
choppings
choppy
chops
chopshop
chopsockies
chopsocky
chopsteak
chopstick
chopsticks
chopstix
chopt
choque

Literary usage of Chopping block

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Portion of the Journal Kept by Thomas Raikes, Esq., from 1831 to 1847 by Thomas Raikes (1857)
"Retributive justice was soon awarded ; the butcher was seized, and nailed alive to his own chopping block ; four negroes were ordered to cut him in pieces, ..."

2. Technological dictionary: English-Spanish and Spanish-English of Words and by Néstor Ponce de León (1920)
"chopping block *t ador ПО (z'l ... smiling chisel, hot chisel, gouge chisel, chopping block (cook ) chopping knife, ... de cocina, chopping block. ..."

3. Neuman and Baretti's Dictionary of the Spanish and English Languages by Henry Neuman, Giuseppe Baretti (1851)
"Chopping-block or board. 4. V. Filo. 5. Cutting, reaping, or digging of labourers ... A large block; chopping-block. 2. A vein of earth or soft stone in a ..."

4. Stories of Achievement edited by Asa Don Dickinson (1916)
"JAMES A. GARFIELD FROM CHOPPING-BLOCK TO COLLEGE As ONE of our trinity of so-called martyred Presidents, Garfield will always be held in grateful and ..."

5. The Comedies of Aristophanes by Aristophanes (1837)
"Bring here the chopping-block and speak the oration; The penalty is ... This is the chopping-block, and this The man that is to speak, though small as this. ..."

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