cutting board

noun

plural cutting boards
: a board on which something (such as food or cloth) is placed for cutting

Examples of cutting board in a Sentence

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Keep raw oysters away from ready-to-eat food in the grocery cart, refrigerator, and on cutting boards. Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 21 Dec. 2024 Underwood, a former grocery store worker, hit the 10-year-old with a cutting board after luring her into his residence, per AP, The Norman Transcript and The Oklahoman. Samira Asma-Sadeque, People.com, 19 Dec. 2024 Photo: Bravo Jen presents her mother with this cutting board loaded with capital-S Stuff from her fridge while tearfully and indignantly swearing that she’s done nothing wrong. Kinsey Jasnoch, Vulture, 18 Dec. 2024 The girl was a neighbor at his Purcell, Okla., apartment complex who Underwood admitted to luring into his apartment and beating her over the head with a cutting board before suffocating her. Sean Murphy The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 14 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for cutting board 

Word History

First Known Use

1639, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of cutting board was in 1639

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“Cutting board.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cutting%20board. Accessed 4 Jan. 2025.

Kids Definition

cutting board

noun
: a board on which something (as cloth or food) is placed for cutting
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