slaughterhouse

English

Etymology

slaughter +‎ house

Noun

slaughterhouse (plural slaughterhouses)

  1. A place where animals are slaughtered.
    Synonym: abattoir
  2. (figuratively) The scene of a massacre.
    • 2019 February 27, Drachinifel, 20:09 from the start, in The Battle of Samar - Odds? What are those?‎, archived from the original on 3 November 2022:
      The smaller shells make a complete slaughterhouse of the bridge, and the splinters scythe through anyone out on deck.

Synonyms

Hyponyms

Translations
abattoir — see abattoir

See also
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