"chopping block" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: chopping blocks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} chopping block (plural chopping blocks)
  1. A wooden slab used as a cutting surface for food etc. Categories (topical): Death Translations (a wooden slab used as a cutting surface for food): ἐπίξηνον (epíxēnon) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), бүкән (bükən) (Bashkir), huggeblok [common-gender] (Danish), ceap búistéara [masculine] (Irish), Heiwklotz [masculine] (Plautdietsch), разде́лочная доска́ (razdéločnaja doská) [feminine] (Russian), เขียง (kǐiang) (Thai)
    Sense id: en-chopping_block-en-noun-0jRTentG Disambiguation of Death: 87 3 10 Disambiguation of 'a wooden slab used as a cutting surface for food': 96 3 1
  2. (historical, informal) A block of wood against which a condemned person put their head prior to beheading. Tags: historical, informal Related terms: chopping board Translations (a block of wood people place their heads on prior to beheading): ἐπίξηνον (epíxēnon) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), пла́ха (pláxa) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-chopping_block-en-noun-qsT98Mwb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Bashkir translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Plautdietsch translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Thai translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 72 8 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 9 88 3 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 17 78 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 90 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 30 57 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Bashkir translations: 11 82 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 5 89 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 11 77 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Plautdietsch translations: 5 93 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 8 88 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Thai translations: 9 86 5 Disambiguation of 'a block of wood people place their heads on prior to beheading': 3 94 3
  3. (by extension) A dangerous or precarious situation. Tags: broadly
    Sense id: en-chopping_block-en-noun-qtDSoL5-

Inflected forms

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