butchery
noun
butch·ery
ˈbu̇-chə-rē 
ˈbu̇ch-
plural butcheries
1
chiefly British
: slaughterhouse
2
: the preparation of meat for sale
3
: cruel and ruthless slaughter of human beings
4
: botch
Examples of butchery in a Sentence
the butchery of civilians during the war
butchery on a scale that horrified the civilized world
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The Market by the Meat Cellar was noted for, as its name suggests, cuts of mean from Premier Meat Company and its nontraditional format that combined a butchery, cheese shop, culinary boutique and a full-service steakhouse all in one spot.
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Brock Keeling, Oc Register, 23 Feb. 2026
Besides, their exchange had a realness to it that had to make many a cynic pause, however briefly, before proceeding to the online butchery.
—Steve Buckley, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2026
Egan says 95 percent of customers order steak, from prime or choice beef bought from a longtime family packer in Nebraska, then aged and cut in the restaurant’s butchery.
—Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 17 Jan. 2026
Ho is the owner of the Royce, a downtown Detroit wine bar; Marrow, the award-winning restaurant and neighborhood butchery shop in Detroit’s West Village, and Marrow Birmingham on Hamilton Row in Birmingham.
—Natalie Davies, Freep.com, 14 Nov. 2025
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Brock Keeling, Oc Register, 23 Feb. 2026
Besides, their exchange had a realness to it that had to make many a cynic pause, however briefly, before proceeding to the online butchery.
—Steve Buckley, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2026
Egan says 95 percent of customers order steak, from prime or choice beef bought from a longtime family packer in Nebraska, then aged and cut in the restaurant’s butchery.
—Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 17 Jan. 2026
Ho is the owner of the Royce, a downtown Detroit wine bar; Marrow, the award-winning restaurant and neighborhood butchery shop in Detroit’s West Village, and Marrow Birmingham on Hamilton Row in Birmingham.
—Natalie Davies, Freep.com, 14 Nov. 2025
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“Butchery.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/butchery. Accessed 3 Mar. 2026.
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