abattoir

noun

ab·at·toir ˈa-bə-ˌtwär

-ˌtwȯr,

-ˌtȯr

plural abattoirs

: a place where animals are butchered : slaughterhouse

Mr. Foley worked previously at a pig abattoir and reckoned he was beyond such queasiness.—

Tony Horwitz

Bulls are precious, a good one fetching $400 or more at the abattoir …—

Peter Meredith

Examples of abattoir in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Just as creepy to me was the mural on the Farmer John slaughterhouse in Vernon, a bucolic panorama of happy piglets gamboling with kids and sleeping under shady trees — a gory dissonance to the daily assembly-line killing of thousands of pigs inside the abattoir. —

Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2023 Now that Congress has created one, the drug companies are squealing like pigs being led to the abattoir. —

Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2023 Grammy-winning songwriter Diane Warren and others donated money and time so that the two were spared a trip to the abattoir and instead went to animal advocacy group Farm Sanctuary, which runs a 40-acre rescue ranch in Acton, on the edge of the Antelope Valley. —

Gustavo Arellano, Star Tribune, 22 July 2021 When a beloved cow stops being useful to the herd, it’s taken to the abattoir for slaughter. —

Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Feb. 2022 In the evenings, people gather at bars such as Salhane, a former abattoir painted a hue of lemon-yellow that faces both sea and castle, to enjoy glasses of local wine or a few cocktails. —

CNN, 4 Nov. 2022 Austrian farmers can butcher their own meat—their cows are calm and content right up until the end—but in Germany the animals must be transported to the abattoir. —

Ann Abel, Forbes, 6 July 2022 Would a vegan commune be happy about building an abattoir? —

Michael J. Lewis, WSJ, 20 Dec. 2021 The study, published in the scientific journal Frontiers on Friday, looked at samples of rumen from Alpine cows in an abattoir in Austria. —

Sara Spary, CNN, 2 July 2021 See More

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