slaughterhouse

[slaw-ter-hous]

noun

plural

slaughterhouses 

1. a building or place where animals are butchered for food; abattoir.

slaughterhouse

/ ˈslɔːtəˌhaʊs /

noun

1. a place where animals are butchered for food; abattoir

Word History and Origins

Origin of slaughterhouse¹

1325–75; Middle English slautherhus; slaughter, house

Example Sentences

The pair later found employment in slaughterhouses in Nebraska, where she suffered a severe leg injury from a cutting blade.

From Los Angeles Times

Sectarian violence has turned a Syrian city into a slaughterhouse, and survivors recount shelling, executions and burials in a mass grave.

From Los Angeles Times

The mortuary was full of bodies transferred from Saydnaya prison, widely known here as a human slaughterhouse.

From BBC

On Sunday, his body was found in the notorious "slaughterhouse", Seydnaya prison in Damascus.

From BBC

Two bribes and two fruitless visits later, she was told he was in Sednaya, described by rights groups as “a human slaughterhouse.”

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• abattoir