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cutting board
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durable board on which to place material for cutting
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Encyclopedic overview
A kitchen knife on a wooden cutting board
A cutting board (or chopping board) is a durable flat surface on which to place material for cutting. The kitchen cutting board is commonly used in food preparation with knives; other types exist for cutting raw materials such as leather, rubber or plastic. Kitchen cutting boards are often made of a plank of hardwood or polyethylene, and come in various widths and sizes.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “cutting board” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.