butchery
Americannoun
plural
butcheries-
a slaughterhouse.
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brutal or wanton slaughter of animals or humans; carnage.
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the trade or business of a butcher.
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the act of bungling or botching.
noun
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the business or work of a butcher
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wanton and indiscriminate slaughter; carnage
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a less common word for slaughterhouse
Etymology
Origin of butchery
1300–50; Middle English bocherie < Anglo-French, Middle French boucherie. See butcher, -y 3
Example Sentences
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Shanghai-based retailer Swiss Butchery said it had stocked up on American beef as Australian supplies became less reliable.
From Reuters • Oct. 1, 2021
"Nine out of 10 people want the small birds," Jered Standing, the owner of Standing's Butchery in Hollywood, told the Los Angeles Times.
From Salon • Nov. 22, 2020
The detailed findings have been published in a book called The Horse Butchery Site.
From BBC • Aug. 12, 2020
The “Horse Butchery Site” in Schoningen, Germany, features thousands of sets of animal remains from the Middle Paleolithic.
From Slate • Nov. 5, 2019
Butchery could not do her work more thoroughly.
From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 13 by Kerr, Robert
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