"slaughterhouse" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: slaughterhouses [plural]
Etymology: slaughter + house Etymology templates: {{compound|en|slaughter|house}} slaughter + house Head templates: {{en-noun}} slaughterhouse (plural slaughterhouses)
  1. A place where animals are slaughtered. Categories (topical): Buildings Synonyms: abattoir Synonyms (place where animals are slaughtered): abattoir, shambles [archaic]
    Sense id: en-slaughterhouse-en-noun-amt-Pn7E Disambiguation of Buildings: 83 17 Categories (other): English endocentric compounds, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English endocentric compounds: 56 44 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 86 14 Disambiguation of 'place where animals are slaughtered': 98 2
  2. (figuratively) The scene of a massacre. Tags: figuratively Translations (scene of a massacre): кланица (klanica) [feminine] (Bulgarian), teurastamo (Finnish), abattoir (French), σφαγείο (sfageío) [neuter] (Greek), кланица (klanica) [feminine] (Macedonian), rzeźnia [feminine] (Polish), бо́йня (bójnja) [feminine] (Russian), резня́ (reznjá) [feminine] (Russian), мясору́бка (mjasorúbka) [feminine] (Russian), klaonica [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), klanica [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian)
    Sense id: en-slaughterhouse-en-noun-at107y-m Disambiguation of 'scene of a massacre': 2 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hyponyms: packinghouse Related terms: slaughter, slaughterer, slaughterous, knacker's yard, killing floor

Inflected forms

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