What part of speech is butchers?

Butchers can be categorized as a noun and a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. butchers is a verb, present, 3rd person singular of butcher (infinitive).
  • 2. butchers is a noun, plural of butcher.

Inflections

Verb

Noun

What does butchers mean?

Definitions

Verb

butcher - kill (animals) usually for food consumption; "They slaughtered their only goat to survive the winter"

Noun

butcher - a person who slaughters or dresses meat for market
butcher - a retailer of meat
butcher - a brutal indiscriminate murderer
butcher - someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence

Examples of butchers

#   Sentence  
1. noun We're butchers.
2. noun The differences in quality between the two butchers was amazing.
3. noun I thought you said Tom and Mary were butchers.
4. noun You're butchers, aren't you?
5. noun Yanni and Skura are not butchers.
6. noun Skura and Mira are not butchers.
7. noun We are not butchers.
8. noun They are not butchers.
9. noun That ugly butcher resembles that fictional monster.
10. noun The baker's is next door to the butcher's.
11. noun The butcher who sold me this beef is always friendly.
12. noun A butcher deals in meat.
13. noun He set up as a butcher.
14. noun She bought it at the butcher's.
15. noun I asked the butcher to trim all the fat off of the meat.
16. verb Saddam Hussein did not invade Kuwait, endanger Saudi Arabia and butcher his own people because of Israel.
Sentence  
noun
We're butchers.
The differences in quality between the two butchers was amazing.
I thought you said Tom and Mary were butchers.
You're butchers, aren't you?
Yanni and Skura are not butchers.
Skura and Mira are not butchers.
We are not butchers.
They are not butchers.
That ugly butcher resembles that fictional monster.
The baker's is next door to the butcher's.
The butcher who sold me this beef is always friendly.
A butcher deals in meat.
He set up as a butcher.
She bought it at the butcher's.
I asked the butcher to trim all the fat off of the meat.
verb
Saddam Hussein did not invade Kuwait, endanger Saudi Arabia and butcher his own people because of Israel.

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