chopping block (English, noun)
expansion: chopping block (plural chopping blocks)
Senses:
glosses: A thick wooden slab used as a cutting surface for preparing food, splitting firewood or kindling, etc.
glosses: A block of wood against which a condemned person put their head prior to beheading.
tags: historical
informal
glosses: A dangerous or precarious situation.
tags: broadly
glosses: A dangerous or precarious situation.
The threat of an impending budget cut.
tags: broadly
Forms:
form: chopping blocks
tags: plural