butchery English

Meaning butchery meaning

What does butchery mean?

butchery

— noun (= butchering) the business of a butcher

— noun (= abattoir) a building where animals are butchered

— noun (= slaughter) the savage and excessive killing of many people

Synonyms butchery synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as butchery?

butchery English » English

slaughter

massacre

carnage

slaughterhouse

shambles

abattoir

bloodshed

slaughter-house

murder

mass murder

butcher’s shop

butchering

butcher shop

bloodbath

slaying

killing work

killing

homicide

butcher’s

butchery business

blood bath

battue

assassination

Topics butchery topics

What do people use butchery to talk about?

Work and occupation Animal husbandry

Butcher, slaughter

• What words refer to cutting up an animal?
  butcher butchery dress (meat)
• What words refer to a place where animals are butchered?
  slaughterhouse butchery

Person Life Die

Kill

• What words refer to the act of killing someone?
  murder (n) homicide killing assassination foul play capital crime beheading bloodshed butchery crucifixion decapitation electrocution fratricide immolation infanticide liquidation manslaughter martyrdom matricide patricide regicide shooting slaying strangulation smothering suffocation terrorism

Daily life Food

Food preparation

• What words refer to the place where food is prepared and cooked?
  kitchen cookhouse bakery butchery food processing plant restaurant