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SLAUGHTERHOUSE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does slaughterhouse mean?
• SLAUGHTERHOUSE (noun)
The noun SLAUGHTERHOUSE has 1 sense:
1. a building where animals are butchered
Familiarity information: SLAUGHTERHOUSE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A building where animals are butchered
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
abattoir; butchery; shambles; slaughterhouse
Hypernyms ("slaughterhouse" is a kind of...):
building; edifice (a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place)
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