abattoir

The definition of an abattoir is a place in which animals are killed and butchered for the intention of being processed as food.

(noun)

An example of an abattoir is a slaughterhouse.

See abattoir in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a slaughterhouse

Origin: Fr < abattre: see abate

See abattoir in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A slaughterhouse.
Something likened to a slaughterhouse: “The hand of God and mankind's self-inflicted blows seem equally heavy … giving a strong cumulative impression of the world as an abattoir” (Manchester Guardian Weekly).

Origin:

Origin: French

Origin: , from abattre, to strike down

Origin: , from Old French; see abate

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