butchery

Pronunciation: /ˈbʊt͡ʃəɹi/

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a building where animals are butchered
  2. noun the business of a butcher
  3. noun the savage and excessive killing of many people

Etymology

From Middle English bocherie, from Old French. See butcher for more.

In classic literature

Synonyms

abattoir, shambles, slaughterhouse

Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
building

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