abattoir

[ab-uh-twahr, ab-uh-twahr]

noun

1. a slaughterhouse.

abattoir

/ ˈæbəˌtwɑː /

noun

1. another name for slaughterhouse

Word History and Origins

Origin of abattoir¹

1810–20; < French, equivalent to abatt ( re ) to slaughter ( abate ) + -oir -ory ²

Word History and Origins

Origin of abattoir¹

C19: French, from abattre to fell

Example Sentences

Then ship it to the abattoir nearest you.

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This legislature, really more of a political abattoir, grinds up any Macronist prime minister—and any budget proposal—thrown into it.

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And perhaps, not totally inexplicable behaviour for a man who'd once served an apprenticeship at an abattoir.

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"They'll load them up in the night and steal them and try and pass them onto an abattoir or the livestock market," he said.

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Others were recovered without their identifying ear tags at a local abattoir and an auction mart while some were given to another farmer to pay off a debt.

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