Abattoir Definition

ăbə-twär
abattoirs
noun
abattoirs
A slaughterhouse.
Webster's New World

A public slaughterhouse for cattle, sheep, etc. [Early 19th century.]

Wiktionary
A place likened to a slaughterhouse.
Wiktionary
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Other Word Forms of Abattoir

Noun

Singular:
abattoir
Plural:
abattoirs

Origin of Abattoir

  • Borrowing from French abattoir, from abattre (“to slaughter”) (cognate to abate) + -oir (“-ory”).

    From Wiktionary

  • French from abattre to strike down from Old French abate

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Abattoir Sentence Examples

  • A small local abattoir is used to reduce travel time.

  • In other words no one who has ever asked to visit the abattoir has ever been turned down.

  • To this end, the nearest appropriate approved abattoir is to be used.

  • True, they can now sell cattle of a certain age, slaughtered at a specific abattoir, to some European countries.

  • This included the abattoir operated by Orkney Meat, Orkney Auction Mart and the new Orkney Cheese creamery.

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