slaughterhouse

noun

slaugh·​ter·​house ˈslȯ-tər-ˌhau̇s How to pronounce slaughterhouse (audio)
: an establishment where animals are butchered

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After earning a PhD in animal science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Grandin became an authority on humane livestock treatment, designing systems that reduce stress for animals in slaughterhouses. Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Apr. 2025 Instead of tossing these cuts, the slaughterhouses would offer them to poor people who lived nearby. Valerie Trapp, The Atlantic, 17 Apr. 2025 At Blackfeet Community College in northern Montana, a NIFA grant is helping to create a program to train workers for the Blackfeet tribe’s new slaughterhouse. Matt Krupnick, ProPublica, 10 Mar. 2025 The Department of Labor, across Republican and Democrat administrations, has failed to keep slaughterhouse abuses in check. Kenny Torrella, Vox, 31 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for slaughterhouse

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First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of slaughterhouse was in the 14th century

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slaughterhouse

noun
slaugh·​ter·​house ˈslȯt-ər-ˌhau̇s How to pronounce slaughterhouse (audio)
: an establishment where animals are butchered

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