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slaugh·ter·house

(slô′tər-hous′)

1. A place where animals are butchered.

2. A scene of massacre or carnage.

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slaughterhouse

(ˈslɔːtəˌhaʊs)

(Agriculture) a place where animals are butchered for food; abattoir

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slaugh•ter•house

(ˈslɔ tərˌhaʊs)

n., pl. -hous•es (-ˌhaʊ zɪz)

a place where animals are butchered for food; abattoir.

[1325–75]

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Noun

slaughterhouse - a building where animals are butchered

abattoir, butchery, shambles

building, edifice - a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place; "there was a three-story building on the corner"; "it was an imposing edifice"

slaughterhouse

noun abattoir, butchery, shambles horses en route to the slaughterhouse

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Translations

jatky

Schlachthaus Schlachthof

teurastamo

vágóhíd

abatedouro

slakterislakthus

slaughterhouse

[ˈslɔːtəhaʊs] N (slaughterhouses (pl)) → matadero m

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

slaughterhouse

[ˈslɔːtə^rhaʊs] n → abattoir m

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

slaughterhouse

n → Schlachthof m, → Schlachthaus nt

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

slaughterhouse

[ˈslɔːtəˌhaʊs] n → macello, mattatoio

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He asked me to his house, feasted me, and then butchered me most miserably as though I were a fat beast in a slaughter house, while all around me my comrades were slain like sheep or pigs for the wedding breakfast, or picnic, or gorgeous banquet of some great nobleman.

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Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso led the first day of clearing operations in Vitas Slaughter House in Tondo district on Friday, two days after he made his first inspection and vowed to rehabilitate the compound which he earlier said was already in a "state of despair."

Isko leads clearing operations at Vitas slaughter house in Tondo

He said the quality meet would be available for the people of this area after establishment of slaughter house. He said the animals would be checked by livestock staff at slaughter house.

DC inaugurates slaughter house in Tehsil Jalalpur

ISLAMABAD -- Capital Development Authority (CDA) has decided to construct respective slaughter house for Islamabad city.

CDA decides to start construction work in respect of slaughter house in Sector I-11

Islamabad -- Capital Development Authority has decided to construct slaughter house for Islamabad city.

CDA to start work on I-11 slaughterhouse

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It is to be mentioned that cattle suffering from various diseases are being brought to slaughter house here.

80kg inferior quality animals' meat destroyed

JENIN, August 29, 2018 (WAFA) -- Bulldozers of the Israeli military Wednesday demolished a slaughter house and two other structures in the village of Barta'a, to the west of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, under the pretext they were built without a permit, according to local sources.

Israeli forces demolish structures in West Bank

RMC had called tenders for 10 development schemes including the re-construction of the slaughter house. Contracts were awarded for nine of these while no expressions of interest were received for the scheme for the re-construction of a nullah.

RMC to start work on nine schemes

On August 3, a mob of cow vigilantes had intercepted a truck carrying beef from an illegal slaughter house in Bhojpur district and had beaten three persons including the truck driver.

What is the definition of illegal slaughter house? A shop selling non-veg cannot be called a slaughter house or a small vendor selling meat can't be held responsible for selling meat illegally.