Abattoir vs. Slaughterhouse

Abattoirnoun

A public slaughterhouse for cattle, sheep, etc.

Abattoirnoun

A place likened to a slaughterhouse.

Abattoirnoun

A public slaughterhouse for cattle, sheep, etc.

Abattoirnoun

a building where animals are butchered

Abattoirnoun

a slaughterhouse.

Slaughterhousenoun

A place where animals are slaughtered.

Slaughterhousenoun

(figuratively) The scene of a massacre.

Slaughterhousenoun

A house where beasts are butchered for the market.

Slaughterhousenoun

a building where animals are butchered

Slaughterhouse

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.