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butchery Definition

butch·ery (bo̵oc̸hər ē)

noun pl. -·er·ies

  1. Now Chiefly Brit. a place where animals are killed for meat; slaughterhouse
  2. the work or business of a butcher
  3. brutal bloodshed or slaughter
  4. the act or result of botching

Etymology: ME bocherie < OFr boucherie: see butcher

butchery Synonyms

butchery

n.

slaughter, carnage, killing, massacre; see carnage, murder. See syn. study at carnage.

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.