Chopping block

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

chopping block
    n 1: a steady wooden block on which food can be cut or diced or
         wood can be split

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Chopping \Chop"ping\, n.
   Act of cutting by strokes.
   [1913 Webster]

   {Chopping block}, a solid block of wood on which butchers and
      others chop meat, etc.

   {Chopping knife}, a knife for chopping or mincing meat,
      vegetables, etc.; -- usually with a handle at the back of
      the blade instead of at the end.
      [1913 Webster]