chopping block

English

Noun

chopping block (plural chopping blocks)

A wooden slab used as a cutting surface for food etc.
(historical, informal) A block of wood against which a condemned person put their head prior to beheading.
(by extension) A dangerous or precarious situation.
Jim really put his head on the chopping block when he started flirting with the boss's daughter.

Translations

a wooden slab used as a cutting surface for food

Bashkir: бүкән (bükən)
Danish: huggeblok c
Greek:
Ancient: ἐπίξηνον n (epíxēnon)
Irish: ceap búistéara m
Plautdietsch: Heiwklotz m
Russian: разде́лочная доска́ f (razdéločnaja doská)
Thai: เขียง (th) (kǐiang)

a block of wood people place their heads on prior to beheading

Greek:
Ancient: ἐπίξηνον n (epíxēnon)
Russian: пла́ха (ru) f (pláxa)

See also

chopping board

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