slaughtery

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noun

A place for slaughter; a slaughterhouse.

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Meanings

nounslaughtery (plural slaughteries)

plural slaughteries

  1. A place for slaughter; a slaughterhouse.

    The slaughteries handle all kinds of poultry, and some have special departments for fattening of fowls […]

    1939, Seventh World's Poultry Congress and Exposition, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A., July 28 to August 7, 1939, page 416

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
butchery
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APA

slaughtery. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slaughtery

MLA

“slaughtery.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slaughtery. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “slaughtery,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slaughtery.

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