butcher block

American  

noun

1. a slab of wood resembling that used for a butcher's chopping block, formed by bonding or gluing together thick laminated strips of unpainted wood, usually maple or oak, in alternating light and dark shades to produce a striped pattern.

2. a material, as vinyl, made to resemble butcher block in color and pattern.

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Other Word Forms

• butcher-block adjective

Etymology

Origin of butcher block

First recorded in 1835–45