How to Use butcher block in a Sentence

butcher block

noun
  • Its walls were bright red, and at its center was a butcher block with containers arranged in stacks.
    Nicolette Polek, Harper's Magazine, 22 May 2024
  • Complete with a butcher block table top, this cart is a great asset to your cooking and meal prep needs.
    Michelle Love, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 May 2024
  • The kitchen is fit for a professional chef with two industrial sized faucets and a butcher block workspace.
    Pueng Vongs, The Mercury News, 3 June 2024
  • Then, with the butcher block upside down, screw the apron in place.
    Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics, 1 May 2021
  • Green in one of the units, but the countertops would be butcher block.
    Curbed, 15 July 2022
  • On one side of the kitchen, the cabinetry is blue, and the counters are butcher block.
    John R. Ellement, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Jan. 2023
  • Keep in Mind The top of this island is just for display and is not a butcher block.
    Michelle Love, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 May 2024
  • Start by making the butcher block top from 1⁄4 X 1⁄2-in.-thick maple.
    Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics, 1 May 2021
  • My own house is about 45 years old and had butcher block counters.
    James Dulley, Dallas News, 11 Jan. 2020
  • Like butcher block, the wood is in the end grain position, meaning that the end of the wood fibers are exposed.
    Candace Braun Davison, House Beautiful, 8 July 2019
  • Ikea butcher block by the range, stained dark to look older, and honed Belgian bluestone by the sink.
    Christine Pittel, House Beautiful, 1 Apr. 2012
  • On one side of the space, the smooth-front cabinets are a rich blue, and the counters are thick slabs of butcher block, as is the open shelving.
    John R. Ellement, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Jan. 2023
  • To my left on a butcher block cart, the mise en place for savory rice pudding sits neatly.
    Eddie Lin, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2023
  • The drawers and doors close nicely, and the solid wood frame and butcher block top feel beefier than the price suggests.
    Matt Jancer, WIRED, 27 Nov. 2023
  • Next to the stove is a pull-out butcher block for extra counter space, a mobile cutting board, and shelving.
    Erin Austen Abbott, Bon Appetit, 14 Aug. 2017
  • If my son is sitting at the kitchen island next to a butcher block, does that constitute a weapon?
    Andrew Mark Miller, Washington Examiner, 12 June 2020
  • The big open kitchen has one island of butcher block and another one of granite.
    Judy Rose, Detroit Free Press, 6 Jan. 2018
  • As for the downsides to butcher block kitchen countertops?
    Katherine Owen, Southern Living, 27 Mar. 2024
  • Budget plays a role, as does the style of your home—butcher block looks fabulous in a country kitchen but may not work in a sleek space.
    Elle Decor Staff, ELLE Decor, 31 Mar. 2010
  • Ruthie built benches for the eating area out of leftover butcher block and hairpin legs.
    Maria V. Charbonneaux, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Oct. 2022
  • There's butcher block by the refrigerator, and soapstone runs the length of the wall under the windows.
    Christine Pittel, House Beautiful, 1 Sep. 2011
  • The kitchen has walls and cabinets of pine, counters of terrazzo and butcher block, a farmhouse sink and a Viking stove.
    Julie Lasky, New York Times, 6 May 2020
  • Her side table was once a butcher block, while the room is filled with old family photos.
    Sam Burros, Peoplemag, 30 Sep. 2023
  • The other side has a bar-sized sink and a large butcher block countertop for preparing food.
    Kimberley Mok, Treehugger, 3 Feb. 2023
  • That’s open to a new kitchen with a farmhouse sink, quartz and butcher block counters, and stainless appliances.
    BostonGlobe.com, 22 Oct. 2021
  • There are drill presses, milling machines and big butcher block tables.
    Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 25 Mar. 2024
  • In the evening, that space, with its 14-foot butcher block table, becomes a communal dining area.
    Caitie Kelly Gisela Williams Julekha Dash Catherine Hong Devorah Lev-Tov, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2024
  • Past the dining room is the butcher block kitchen, which sports a double oven, island with gas cooktop, and a big arched alcove with sink and open shelving.
    Jon Gorey, BostonGlobe.com, 18 May 2018
  • These premium knives housed in a sleek butcher block are crafted from high-grade stainless steel.
    Sian Babish, chicagotribune.com, 29 Nov. 2020
  • The tabletop is made from solid pine wood and has a butcher block style with visible wood grain and knots for a rustic, antique look.
    Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 2 July 2021

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