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Slaughterhouse

A place where animals are slaughtered.

📖 Definitions of "Slaughterhouse"

noun

1
A place where animals are slaughtered.
2
The scene of a massacre.

🔄 Synonyms of "Slaughterhouse"

3 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
abattoirnoun	A public slaughterhouse for cattle, sheep, etc.
butcherynoun	The butchering of meat.
shamblesnoun	(countable, uncountable) A scene of great disorder or ruin.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Slaughterhouse"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
abattoirnoun	A public slaughterhouse for cattle, sheep, etc.
butcherynoun	The butchering of meat.
shamblesnoun	(countable, uncountable) A scene of great disorder or ruin.
butchernoun	A person who prepares and sells meat (and sometimes also slaughters the animals).
slaughternoun	(uncountable) The killing of animals, generally for food.
beefnoun	(uncountable) The meat from cattle or other bovines.
slaughtered	(informal) Extremely drunk.
carcassnoun	The body of a dead animal, especially a vertebrate or other animal having flesh.
plantnoun	(botany) An organism that is not an animal, especially an organism capable of photosynthesis. Typically a small or herbaceous organism of this kind, rather than a tree.
packernoun	A person whose business is to pack things; especially, one who packs food for preservation
slaughteringnoun	An act of slaughter; a killing.
massacrenoun	The killing of a considerable number (usually limited to people) where little or no resistance can be made, with indiscriminate violence, without necessity, and/or contrary to civilized norms.
suicidenoun	(uncountable) The act of intentionally killing oneself.
warehousenoun	A place for storing large amounts of products. In logistics, a place where products go to from the manufacturer before going to the retailer.
deathnoun	The cessation of life and all associated processes; the end of an organism's existence as an entity independent from its environment and its return to an inert, nonliving state.
fivenoun	The digit/figure 5.
abattoirsnoun	A public slaughterhouse for cattle, sheep, etc.
slaughterhallnoun	The area of a slaughterhouse where the animals are killed.
slaughterlinenoun	(agriculture) A line of animals progressing through a slaughterhouse.
slaughterwomannoun	A woman employed to slaughter animals in a slaughterhouse.