slaughterhouse
noun
a building or place where animals are butchered for food; abattoir.
slaughterhouses
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pluralof slaughterhouse.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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There is also evidence that, almost simultaneously, another arm of the federal government was allowing inexpensive wild horses to enter a chain that could end at foreign slaughterhouses.
From Salon ● Aug. 27, 2026
The administration’s aim is to provide a financial safety net for smaller slaughterhouses at a time when meat processors are losing an estimated $300 per head of cattle.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
"In addition to setting up that 20 kilometre zone, we've increased the amount of testing in the slaughterhouses," Muir said.
From BBC ● Dec. 1, 2025
The pair later found employment in slaughterhouses in Nebraska, where she suffered a severe leg injury from a cutting blade.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2025
It wasn’t just slaughterhouses and meatpacking factories that occupied the Yards’ four hundred acres.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
