slaughterhouse

English

Etymology

slaughter +‎ house

Noun

slaughterhouse (plural slaughterhouses)

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

Synonyms

• (place where animals are slaughtered): abattoir, shambles (archaic)

Related terms

• slaughter
• slaughterer
• slaughterous

Translations

abattoir — see abattoir

scene of a massacre

• French: abattoir (fr)
• Greek: σφαγείο (el) n (sfageío)
• Macedonian: кланица f (klanica)
• Polish: rzeźnia (pl) f
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• Russian: бо́йня (ru) f (bójnja), резня́ (ru) f (reznjá), мясору́бка (ru) f (mjasorúbka)
• Serbo-Croatian: klaonica (sh) f, klanica (sh) f

See also

• knacker's yard