butcher block Hear it!

butcher block definition

butcher block

noun

designating or of a thick slab made by gluing together strips of hardwood, as maple or oak, used for counter and table tops, etc.
also butcher-block butch′er-block′

adjective

Etymology: because made like a butcher's chopping block

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Comments
Improve this definition.
Do you have more to add? Share your linguistic knowledge or observation.
/Register to save your comments.