Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Made of or resembling a board of thick strips of hardwood like that on which butchers chop meat.
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Examples
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Tony Calarco Inspired by Mr. Sheeline's aunt, Julia Child, they redid the kitchen, installing French tile floors, commercial butcher-block countertops and a Garland stove that is still going strong 31 years later.
A Historic Colonial 2012
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Inspired by the husband's aunt, Julia Child, they redid the kitchen, installing French tile floors, commercial butcher-block countertops and a Garland stove that is still going strong 31 years later.
A Colonial On the Water Sarah Tilton 2012
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Ramsay de Give for The Wall Street Journal The interior of Brats, featuring red diner stools along the a butcher-block bar and a corner booth, has a modern but nostalgic feel.
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The moonlight picked out the dishes soaking in the sink and the cheese trays on the scarred butcher-block countertop.
Rogue Oracle 2011
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The moonlight picked out the dishes soaking in the sink and the cheese trays on the scarred butcher-block countertop.
Rogue Oracle 2011
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She leaned against the butcher-block counter and sighed.
WRECKED CAROL HIGGINS CLARK 2010
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I sat at my usual spot at the foot of the long butcher-block kitchen table; Hannah on my right, then my mother.
imperfect endings Zoe FitzGerald Carter 2010
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Finally she called the family into the kitchen, and the four of us stood around the butcher-block island, staring at her final creation.
The Half Life Jennifer Weiner 2010
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The bag was empty, and she folded it and placed it carefully on the second shelf of the rolling butcher-block cart.
Protagonist Unbound 2010
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Finally she called the family into the kitchen, and the four of us stood around the butcher-block island, staring at her final creation.
The Half Life Jennifer Weiner 2010
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