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Webster 1913 Edition

Slaughterhouse

Slaugh′ter-houseˊ

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Noun.

A house where beasts are butchered for the market.

Definition 2024

slaughterhouse

slaughterhouse

English

Noun

slaughter house ‎(plural slaughterhouses)

A place where animals are slaughtered.
(figuratively) The scene of a massacre.

Translations

abattoir — see abattoir

scene of a massacre

French: abattoir (fr)
Greek: σφαγείο (el) n ‎(sfageío)

Macedonian: кланица f ‎(klánica)
Russian: бо́йня (ru) f ‎(bójnja), резня́ (ru) f ‎(reznjá), мясору́бка (ru) f ‎(mjasorúbka)
Serbo-Croatian: klaonica (sh) f, klanica (sh) f

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