Meanings
nounslaughterhouse (plural slaughterhouses)
plural slaughterhouses
- A place where animals are slaughtered.
- figurativelyThe scene of a massacre.
The smaller shells make a complete slaughterhouse of the bridge, and the splinters scythe through anyone out on deck.
2019 February 27, Drachinifel, 20:09 from the start, in The Battle of Samar - Odds? What are those?, archived from the original on 03 Nov 2022
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Bulgarian кланица
- кланица (klanica)scene of a massacre
Finnish teurastamo
- teurastamoscene of a massacre
French abattoir
- abattoirscene of a massacre
Greek σφαγείο
- σφαγείο (sfageío)scene of a massacre
Japanese 修羅場
- 修羅場 (shuraba)scene of a massacre
Polish rzeźnia, ubojnia
- rzeźniaabattoir
- ubojniaabattoir
- rzeźniascene of a massacre
- jatkascene of a massacre
Russian бо́йня, резня́
- бо́йня (bójnja)scene of a massacre
- резня́ (reznjá)scene of a massacre
- мясору́бка (mjasorúbka)scene of a massacre
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slaughterhouse. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slaughterhouse
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“slaughterhouse.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slaughterhouse. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “slaughterhouse,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slaughterhouse.
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