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cutting board
noun
plural cutting boards
: a board on which something (such as food or cloth) is placed for cutting
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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
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Word History
First Known Use
1639, in the meaning defined above
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“Cutting board.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cutting%20board. Accessed 4 Jan. 2025.
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cutting board
noun
: a board on which something (as cloth or food) is placed for cutting
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