Meanings
adjectiveabattoirlike (comparative more abattoirlike, superlative most abattoirlike)
comparative more abattoirlike · superlative most abattoirlike
- rareResembling or characteristic of an abattoir.
His “Macbeth,” which was such a hit at the Brooklyn Academy of Music that it recently transferred to Broadway, is set in a vaguely Stalinist era and staged in a tiled abattoirlike space that was partly inspired by the horror movie “Saw.”
2008 April 14, Charles Mcgrath, “Dramatic Power Couple: Theater Is Their Castle”, in New York Times
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abattoirlike. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/abattoirlike
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“abattoirlike.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/abattoirlike. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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