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Slaughterhouse

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. A place where animals are butchered.

n. A scene of massacre or carnage.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. A place where animals are slaughtered.

n. The scene of a massacre.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. A house where beasts are butchered for the market.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. A house or place where animals are butchered for the market; an abattoir; hence, figuratively, the scene of a massacre; the scene of any great destruction of human life.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. a building where animals are butchered

Word Usage

"DAVIES (voice-over): The assault is entering a new, highly sensitive stage, but as it does so, Iraqi forces fighting alongside the Marines say in a newly captured building they found what they call a slaughterhouse used for holding hostages."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

building edifice

Cross Reference

slaughter-house cases

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

butchery abattoir shambles

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

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