slaughterhouse
noun
slaugh·ter·house
ˈslȯ-tər-ˌhau̇s 
: an establishment where animals are butchered
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The New City logo (an area that encompasses Back of the Yards) features a pig, referencing the neighborhood’s history as the site of slaughterhouses.
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Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 25 Mar. 2026
Children as young as 13 were hired through an outside sanitation company and worked overnight cleaning shifts at slaughterhouses in Colorado, Iowa, Minnesota and Nebraska, federal investigators found.
—Sam Tabachnik, Denver Post, 16 Mar. 2026
In an Austro-German colony lost in the Peruvian jungle, Hannah (35) plans to move to Germany to start a new life, away from her mother and her partner Eva (51), who manages the local cattle slaughterhouse.
—Ed Meza, Variety, 10 Mar. 2026
Changing federal regulations could increase the speed at which slaughterhouses can kill chickens, turkeys and pigs.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 4 Mar. 2026
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Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 25 Mar. 2026
Children as young as 13 were hired through an outside sanitation company and worked overnight cleaning shifts at slaughterhouses in Colorado, Iowa, Minnesota and Nebraska, federal investigators found.
—Sam Tabachnik, Denver Post, 16 Mar. 2026
In an Austro-German colony lost in the Peruvian jungle, Hannah (35) plans to move to Germany to start a new life, away from her mother and her partner Eva (51), who manages the local cattle slaughterhouse.
—Ed Meza, Variety, 10 Mar. 2026
Changing federal regulations could increase the speed at which slaughterhouses can kill chickens, turkeys and pigs.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 4 Mar. 2026
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“Slaughterhouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slaughterhouse. Accessed 30 Mar. 2026.
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slaughterhouse
noun
slaugh·ter·house
ˈslȯt-ər-ˌhau̇s
: an establishment where animals are butchered
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