Definition of slaughterhouse Slaughterhouse
/slɔˈtɚhawˌs/ - [sloterhaws] - slaugh•ter•house
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What does slaughterhouse mean?
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| slaughterhouse - a building where animals are butchered | ||
| abattoir, butchery, shambles | ||
| edifice, building a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place; "there was a three-story building on the corner"; "it was an imposing edifice" | ||
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- slaughterhouse (Noun)
A place where animals are slaughtered. - slaughterhouse (Noun)
The scene of a massacre.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- slaughterhouse (n.)
A house where beasts are butchered for the market.
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slaughterhouse
A place where animals are butchered for food.
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- A slaughterhouse, also called by the French word abattoir, is a building where farm animals are killed and turned into meat. The animals most often slaughtered for food are cows (for beef and veal), sheep (for lamb and mutton), pigs (for pork), fowl (for chicken), and horses (for horsemeat).
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🔤- slaughterhouse, noun, singular of slaughterhouses.
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