chopping-board
- noun
- B2
- Top 10000
- British English only
A flat, thick piece of wood or plastic that you put food on while you cut it.
We keep a separate chopping-board for onions and garlic.
She wiped the chopping-board carefully after cutting raw chicken on it.
Wooden chopping-boards should be dried standing up, never left wet.
This chopping-board has a groove round the edge to catch juices.
Common collocations: a wooden chopping-board · a plastic chopping-board · on the chopping-board · a separate chopping-board · wash the chopping-board
Part of: Kitchen utensils, Cooking
Forms
- plural
- chopping-boards