slaughterhouse

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slaugh·ter·house

(slô′tər-hous′)

1. A place where animals are butchered.

2. A scene of massacre or carnage.

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slaughterhouse

(ˈslɔːtəˌhaʊs)

(Agriculture) a place where animals are butchered for food; abattoir

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slaugh•ter•house

(ˈslɔ tərˌhaʊs)

n., pl. -hous•es (-ˌhaʊ zɪz)

a place where animals are butchered for food; abattoir.

[1325–75]

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Noun

slaughterhouse - a building where animals are butchered

abattoir, butchery, shambles

building, edifice - 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"

slaughterhouse

noun abattoir, butchery, shambles horses en route to the slaughterhouse

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Translations

jatky

Schlachthaus Schlachthof

teurastamo

vágóhíd

abatedouro

slakterislakthus

slaughterhouse

[ˈslɔːtəhaʊs] N (slaughterhouses (pl)) → matadero m

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

slaughterhouse

[ˈslɔːtə^rhaʊs] n → abattoir m

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

slaughterhouse

n → Schlachthof m, → Schlachthaus nt

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

slaughterhouse

[ˈslɔːtəˌhaʊs] n → macello, mattatoio

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Sir Richard thus over- matched was sent unto by Alfonso Bacan to remove out of the Revenge, the ship being marvellous unsavoury, filled with blood and bodies of dead, and wounded men, like a slaughterhouse.

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'The King and Government can't know it's me; I'm sure they can't know it's me; or they never would bring me to this dreadful slaughterhouse. They know my name, but they don't know it's the same man.

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Lead two sheep to the butcher's, two oxen to the slaughterhouse, and make one of them understand that his companion will not die; the sheep will bleat for pleasure, the ox will bellow with joy.

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This is probably better than stall-fed beef and slaughterhouse pork to make a man of.

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Proprietors of slaughterhouses, canning, salting, packing, or rendering establishments engaged in the slaughtering of cattle, sheep.

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ISLAMABAD -- Taking notice of the alleged sale of dead animal meat, the Senate Standing Committee on Interior directed the Capital Development Authority (CDA) to establish a slaughterhouse in the city.

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The mobile slaughterhouse has the capacity to slaughter 10 animals at a time, but only small sheep and goats can be handled.