abattoir
abattoir
Definition
ab·at·toir (ab′ə twär′, ab′ə twär′)
abattoir
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- designate: Farmers should contact IB or their local National Farmers Union for details of designated abattoirs in their area.
- approve: To this end, the nearest appropriate approved abattoir is to be used.
- size: We will provide targeted help for small and medium sized abattoirs.
- visit: In other words no one who has ever asked to visit the abattoir has ever been turned down.
- leave: We're one of only three abattoirs left in the Lake District yet there's sheep everywhere.
- include: This included the abattoir operated by Orkney Meat, Orkney Auction Mart and the new Orkney Cheese creamery.
Adjective modifier
- medium-sized: We are now using the last remaining medium-sized abattoir in Worcestershire.
- municipal: There are also a municipal abattoir, two privately owned cattle markets, a corn exchange and a " hide and skin market.
- licensed: Given that there are only two licensed abattoirs operating in the country, disposal options are extremely limited.
- domestic: Other reports from domestic abattoirs identified 32 suspects, of which 18 were positive.
- small: A small local abattoir is used to reduce travel time.
- Scottish: Meat inspectors working in Scottish abattoirs have also reported a marked increase in carcasses showing evidence of liver fluke infestation.
Modifies a noun
- worker: I looked at why the computer didn't think I'd be good at the job of abattoir worker.
- waste: The US is expected to ban recycling of abattoir waste into animal feed soon.
- owner: Abattoir owner Jeremy Newman said: " They were wild!
- sector: THE success of a new lamb carcass competition will help restore confidence in the abattoir sector, its organizer believes.
- industry: Tories silent as Marxists get ready to butcher what remains of our small abattoir industry.
- manager: Mr Lister pointed out that much would depend on the upcoming meeting with abattoir managers.
Noun used with modifier
