Definition of slaughterhouse
: an establishment where animals are butchered
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Recent Examples of slaughterhouse from the Web
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This steer escaped a Detroit slaughterhouse in 1957.
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Her account, piglet2plate, is an often uncomfortable yet authentic portrayal of a meat eater's desire to value the life of an animal that will become food as an alternative to eating meat from slaughterhouses.
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Yankee Golden Retriever Rescue, based in Hudson, began rescuing dogs from the slaughterhouses and off meat trucks, as well as municipal shelters awaiting euthanasia.
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Posted workers are often used in construction, slaughterhouses and agricultural work.
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Of course, the device required a supply of blood, so Kitzhaber would stop by a nearby slaughterhouse in the mornings before class.
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And the movie, about the family life of a man who works in a Watts slaughterhouse, is about the brutal effects of the food system, not quite about food.
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The bull had escaped a truck bound for a slaughterhouse.
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Looking further into slaughterhouse records, the researchers found more reports of similarly sick camels.
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First Known Use of slaughterhouse
14th century
SLAUGHTERHOUSE Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of slaughterhouse for English Language Learners
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: a building where animals are killed for their meat
SLAUGHTERHOUSE Defined for Kids
Definition of slaughterhouse for Students
plural slaughterhouses
\-ˌhau̇-zəz\
: a building where animals are killed and prepared for food
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