slaughterhouse

American  

[slaw-ter-hous] / ˈslɔ tərˌhaʊs /

noun

plural

slaughterhouses

1. a building or place where animals are butchered for food; abattoir.

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slaughterhouse British  

/ ˈslɔːtəˌhaʊs /

noun

1. a place where animals are butchered for food; abattoir

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Etymology

Origin of slaughterhouse

1325–75; Middle English slautherhus; slaughter, house

Example Sentences

Smithfield Foods SFD 2.24%increase; green up pointing triangle plans to build a large hog slaughterhouse in South Dakota, marking the first new facility built by America’s top pork producer in decades.

From The Wall Street Journal

The last slaughterhouse in Los Angeles County permanently closed its doors nearly four months ago in the wake of operational violations, escaped cattle and, finally, bankruptcy.

From Los Angeles Times

Companies are snapping up Vernon properties and upgrading them, adding advanced cooling systems to old office buildings and filling a shuttered slaughterhouse that once housed hogs, with advanced chips.

From Los Angeles Times

When he arrived in Massachusetts for his first fellowship studying parathyroid hormone, Habener found a ready source of thyroid glands to study from a local Cambridge slaughterhouse that supplied calf meat.

From The Wall Street Journal

Ranchers supporting brands say feedlots are the last line of defense before slaughterhouses, and must be inspected.

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• abattoir