slaughterhouse
noun
slaugh·ter·house
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Definition of slaughterhouse
: an establishment where animals are butchered
Examples of slaughterhouse in a Sentence
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During a recent tour of the Hudson Valley nursery, the feeding areas and the slaughterhouse for foie gras ducks, short feeding tubes made of pliable plastic were used. — Amelia Nierenberg, New York Times, "Can New York City Live Without Foie Gras? We May Soon Find Out," 22 Aug. 2019 The Clarion Ledger, the state’s largest newspaper, reported instead that the feds came to Mississippi because so many undocumented workers in detention had employment cards from the Koch Foods’ slaughterhouses in Morton or Forest. — oregonlive.com, "Life and death in Mississippi: Steve Duin," 14 Aug. 2019 Poultry processing plants are really slaughterhouses. — Sanya Mansoor, Time, "Hundreds of Their Workers Were Arrested in Mississippi ICE Raids, But No Employers Have Been Charged Yet," 9 Aug. 2019 For example, last year, a Tennessee man, James Brantley, pleaded guilty to multiple charges including employing undocumented workers at his slaughterhouse and meatpacking plant. — Renae Merle, Washington Post, "As workplace raids multiply, Trump administration charges few companies," 10 Aug. 2019 But as black employees began taking jobs at the slaughterhouses and factories in the city, white resentment rose. — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, "To Remember the Chicago Race Riot of 1919, Commemoration Project Looks to Public Art," 30 July 2019 Last year the country's largest dog slaughterhouse was shut down by local officials in Taepyeong, in a satellite city of Seoul. — Paula Hancocks, CNN, "Kim Basinger joins protest against the dog meat trade in Seoul," 12 July 2019 This situation has more beef than a slaughterhouse. — Lars Brandle, Billboard, "Here Is What Everyone Is Saying About the Taylor Swift and Scooter Braun Situation," 1 July 2019 Her father started making traditional Mexican bread to sell after getting hurt and losing his job at a slaughterhouse. — Rj Sangosti, The Denver Post, "The Long Shadow: Families in Elyria-Swansea struggle with asthma amid historic I-70 construction," 30 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'slaughterhouse.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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slaughterhouse
noun
English Language Learners Definition of slaughterhouse
: a building where animals are killed for their meat
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slaughterhouse
noun
slaugh·ter·house
| \ ˈslȯ-tər-ˌhau̇s
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plural slaughterhouses\ -ˌhau̇-zəz \
Kids Definition of slaughterhouse
: a building where animals are killed and prepared for food
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