"knife block" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: knife blocks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} knife block (plural knife blocks)
  1. A block of wood (or other material) having slits in which kitchen knives may be stored safely. Translations (block into which kitchen knives may be stored): knivblok [common-gender] (Danish), veitsiteline (Finnish), veitsitukki (Finnish), portacoltelli [masculine] (Italian), knivblokk [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål)
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Inflected forms

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