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slaughterhouse

noun
/ˈsloː.tə(ɹ).haʊs/UK

Etymology

From slaughter + house.

  1. inherited from husen
  2. derived from *(s)kews-✻
  3. inherited from *hūsą✻ — “house”
  4. inherited from *hūs✻
  5. inherited from hūs — “dwelling, shelter, house”
  6. inherited from hous
  7. compounded as slaughterhouse — “slaughter + house”

Definitions

  1. A place where animals are slaughtered.

  2. The scene of a massacre.

    • The smaller shells make a complete slaughterhouse of the bridge, and the splinters scythe through anyone out on deck.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA