abattoir
A public slaughterhouse for cattle, sheep, etcA public slaughterhouse for cattle, sheep, etc.
» If the horrors of the abattoir so traumatize the workers, I can't begin to imagine what it's like for the animals.
Meaning
2 sensesA public slaughterhouse for cattle, sheep, etc.
Once the cows reach maturity, they're sent to the abattoir.
Schlachthaus, Schlachthof
бо́йняbójnja, скотобо́йняskotobójnja
бо́йняbójnja, скотобі́йняskotobíjnja, бі́йняbíjnja
(figuratively)A place or event of great carnage or bloodshed.
The army's raid on the enemy turned into a major abattoir.
резня́reznjá, бо́йняbójnja
- a building where animals are butchered
Examples
3 sentencesIf the horrors of the abattoir so traumatize the workers, I can't begin to imagine what it's like for the animals.
He's going to build abattoirs in Latvia.
Local protestors showed gruesome abattoir footage on widescreen TVs.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from French abattoir, from abattre (“to slaughter”) (cognate to abate) + -oir (“-Borrowed from French abattoir, from abattre (“to slaughter”) (cognate to abate) + -oir (“-ory”).
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Forms
plural: abattoirsSynonyms
4 synonyms- a building where animals are butchered:butcheryshamblesslaughterhouse