slaughterhouse

[slaw-ter-hous]

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noun, plural slaugh·ter·hous·es

[slaw-ter-hou-ziz] /ˈslɔ tərˌhaʊ zɪz/.

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

Origin of slaughterhouse

1325–75; Middle English slautherhus; see slaughter, house

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Examples from the Web for slaughterhouse

Contemporary Examples

He was also able to visit a slaughterhouse for the first time.
The Bioethicist Turned Butcher
Elizabeth Picciuto
September 28, 2014
And played with the wide eyes of actress Taylor Schilling, Piper was like Bambi being thrown into the slaughterhouse.
‘Orange Is the New Black’ Season Two Is More Bingeworthy Than the First
Kevin Fallon
May 16, 2014
He plans to then get a new horse that likely would otherwise be bound for the slaughterhouse.
Central Park’s Carriages Saved This Horse
Michael Daly
April 24, 2014
In one slaughterhouse sample of 150 horses, 40 percent needed more than one shot, sometimes collapsing only to rise again.
Central Park’s Carriages Saved This Horse
Michael Daly
April 24, 2014
The detectives detained Chen and went inside to discover a home that had been turned to a slaughterhouse with a meat cleaver.
Brooklyn Mother, Four Children Allegedly Slain by Jealous Cousin
Michael Daly
October 28, 2013

Historical Examples

It nailed Perry between the eyes, like a slaughterhouse bolt.
Makers
Cory Doctorow
The streets in this vicinity were literally a slaughterhouse.
The Invasion
William Le Queux
See here, seorito, are you going to the slaughterhouse to skin something?
Maximina
Armando Palacio Valds
The whole business reminded me of cattle being taken to the slaughterhouse.
Gun running for Casement in the Easter rebellion, 1916
Karl Spindler
Why don't they kill their beef in a slaughterhouse and give them the meat, instead of turning the animals over to them alive?
Ted Strong in Montana
Edward C. Taylor

British Dictionary definitions for slaughterhouse

slaughterhouse

noun

a place where animals are butchered for food; abattoir

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Word Origin and History for slaughterhouse

n.

also slaughter-house, late 14c., "place where animals are butchered for market," from slaughter (n.) + house (n.). The Slaughter-house cases in U.S. history were 1873.

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Examples from the Web for slaughterhouse

Contemporary Examples

He was also able to visit a slaughterhouse for the first time.

And played with the wide eyes of actress Taylor Schilling, Piper was like Bambi being thrown into the slaughterhouse.

He plans to then get a new horse that likely would otherwise be bound for the slaughterhouse.

In one slaughterhouse sample of 150 horses, 40 percent needed more than one shot, sometimes collapsing only to rise again.

The detectives detained Chen and went inside to discover a home that had been turned to a slaughterhouse with a meat cleaver.

Historical Examples

It nailed Perry between the eyes, like a slaughterhouse bolt.

The streets in this vicinity were literally a slaughterhouse.

See here, seorito, are you going to the slaughterhouse to skin something?

The whole business reminded me of cattle being taken to the slaughterhouse.

Why don't they kill their beef in a slaughterhouse and give them the meat, instead of turning the animals over to them alive?

slaughterhouse

Word Origin and History for slaughterhouse

n.

Origin of slaughterhouse