"butcher block" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: butcher blocks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} butcher block (plural butcher blocks)
  1. A style of assembled wood (often sugar maple, teak, or walnut) used as heavy duty chopping blocks, table tops, and cutting boards. Wikipedia link: butcher block Synonyms: butcher's block, butcherblock Translations (style of assembled wood): 肉墩 (ròudūn) (Chinese Mandarin), 肉案 (ròu'àn) (Chinese Mandarin), lihatukki (Finnish), billot [masculine] (French)
    Sense id: en-butcher_block-en-noun-ImGJF3Wt Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations

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