butchery Definition
butch·ery (bo̵oc̸h′ər ē)
noun pl. -·er·ies
- Now Chiefly Brit. a place where animals are killed for meat; slaughterhouse
- the work or business of a butcher
- brutal bloodshed or slaughter
- the act or result of botching
Etymology: ME bocherie < OFr boucherie: see butcher
butchery Synonyms
butchery Usage Examples
Preposition: of
war: There was certainly a widespread yearning for peace in the aftermath of the butchery of the first world war.
Converse of object
- include: Some of the subjects covered presently include butchery, dairy production, food hygiene, food labeling and microbiology.
- do: Do the butchery and barbarity man has inflicted on man for millennia no longer register on our senses?
Adjective modifier
- wholesale: Such wholesale butcheries cast into the shade anything the previous dynasty had ever been accused of.
- traditional: This traditional butchery prides itself on its personal service and commitment to old fashioned values.
- human: The equid bones will be measured and examined for traces of human butchery under a low power binocular microscope.
- own: Own butchery selling own lamb, beef, pork.
- such: Such wholesale butcheries cast into the shade anything the previous dynasty had ever been accused of.
- prolonged: A longer day would have been only a prolonged butchery.
Modifies a noun
- mark: Evidence for butchery marks could be found on a number of the skeletal remains.
- waste: The legislation requires that butchery waste is be defined as controlled waste, and be disposed of separately.
- technique: These projects cover areas as diverse as nutrition, retail packaging, butchery techniques and product innovation.
- business: Well I wish he was in control of my bloody butchery business.
- outlet: Mixed business premises selling a range of goods, such as supermarkets, need a license where they operate butchery service outlets.
- department: Purchase your meat from the butchery department or delicatessen or your local family butcher.
Noun used with modifier
- catering: The following parts of the standard prescribe certain requirements for the operation of a catering butchery business.
- family: An old fashioned bell announces your entrance into one of Cornwall's oldest family butchery businesses, Vivian Olds.
Browse dictionary entries near butchery
- ‹ butcherbird
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- ‹ butcher block
- ‹ butcher
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- ‹ butane
- ‹ butadiene
- ‹ butacaine sulfate
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- Butler, Baron ›
- Butler,Joseph ›
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- Butler, Samuel ›

