Abattoir vs. Slaughterhouse
Abattoir vs. Slaughterhouse
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Abattoir
Term AA public slaughterhouse for cattle, sheep, etc.
A place likened to a slaughterhouse.
A public slaughterhouse for cattle, sheep, etc.
a building where animals are butchered
a slaughterhouse.
Slaughterhouse
Term BA place where animals are slaughtered.
(figuratively) The scene of a massacre.
A house where beasts are butchered for the market.
a building where animals are butchered
A slaughterhouse, also called abattoir ( (listen)), is a facility where animals are slaughtered, most often (though not always) to provide food for humans. Slaughterhouses supply meat, which then becomes the responsibility of a packaging facility.
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