butchery
(noun)
noun
1. a building where animals are butchered
Similar word(s): abattoir, shambles, slaughterhouse
Definition categories: man–made, building, edifice
2. the business of a butcher
Similar word(s): butchering
Definition categories: act, business
3. the savage and excessive killing of many people
Similar word(s): carnage, massacre, slaughter
Definition categories: act, execution, murder, slaying
Sentences with butchery as a noun:
- This week’s impossible-to-pronounce word: Catania. Granted, it’s a little trickier than Palermo, but there was no excusing the verbal butchery that ensued. —blog.