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AUCTION BLOCK

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Dictionary entry overview: What does auction block mean?

• AUCTION BLOCK (noun)
The noun AUCTION BLOCK has 1 sense:

1. a platform from which an auctioneer sells

Familiarity information: AUCTION BLOCK used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• AUCTION BLOCK (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A platform from which an auctioneer sells

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

auction block; block

Context example:

they put their paintings on the block

Hypernyms ("auction block" is a kind of...):

platform (a raised horizontal surface)

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