abattoir
n. (French) slaughterhouse, place where animals are butchered for their meat | ||||
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Abattoir Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |
Abattoir
(n.)
A public slaughterhouse for cattle, sheep, etc.
(n.)
A public slaughterhouse for cattle, sheep, etc.
| WordNet 2.0 |
abattoir
Noun
1. a building where animals are butchered
(synonym) butchery, shambles, slaughterhouse
(hypernym) building, edifice
Noun
1. a building where animals are butchered
(synonym) butchery, shambles, slaughterhouse
(hypernym) building, edifice
| GLOSSARY OF ESOTERIC WORDS |
abattoir
Slaugtherhouse eg. The sheep were driven to the local abottair.
Slaugtherhouse eg. The sheep were driven to the local abottair.
| hEnglish - advanced version |
abattoir
abattoir
\a`bat`toir"\ (&adot;`b&adot;t`tw?r"), n.; pl. abattoirs (-tw?rz"). [f., fr. abattre to beat down. see abate.] a public slaughterhouse for cattle, sheep, etc.
abattoir
\a`bat`toir"\ (&adot;`b&adot;t`tw?r"), n.; pl. abattoirs (-tw?rz"). [f., fr. abattre to beat down. see abate.] a public slaughterhouse for cattle, sheep, etc.
Abattoir Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia |
Slaughterhouse
- For the Batman villain, see Abattoir (comics).
A slaughterhouse, also called an abattoir (French, ultimately from the verb abattre which means "to strike down"), is a facility where farm animals are killed and processed into meat products. The animals most commonly slaughtered for food are cows (for beef and veal), sheep (for lamb and mutton), pigs (for pork), fowl (for poultry), and horses (for horsemeat).
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