slaughterable

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English

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Etymology

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slaughter +‎ -able

Adjective

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slaughterable (not comparable)

  1. Fit for slaughter.
    • 1941, Edith Guerrier, We Pledged Allegiance, page 135:
      Our slaughterable animals at the beginning of the last fiscal year were not appreciably larger than the year before and, particularly in hogs, they were probably less.