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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Working with 1 carrot at a time, hold carrot flat against a cutting board; peel using a vegetable peeler to create ribbons. Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 1 Apr. 2025 Customers can spend as little as $7 to fix their Ikea knives or splurge $1,000 for a wedding present of one-of-a-kind handcrafted knives and cutting boards or invest $200 to restore a Filipino bolo knife that belonged to a family member. Ahmed Ali Akbar, Chicago Tribune, 31 Mar. 2025 Assemble Use a Microplane to grate the frozen jalapeno onto a cutting board. Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 Mar. 2025 Those violations included mop/wastewater dumped on the ground, larvae inside of a soda gun and a cutting board in front of a reach-in cooler soiled with food debris. Garfield Hylton, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Mar. 2025 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 14 Apr. 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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