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AUCTION BLOCK
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A platform from which an auctioneer sells
Example:
they put their paintings on the block
Synonyms:
auction block; block
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("auction block" is a kind of...):
platform (a raised horizontal surface)