slaughterhouse
noun
slaugh·ter·house
ˈslȯ-tər-ˌhau̇s 
: an establishment where animals are butchered
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In a video that's now got more than 640,000 likes on TikTok, the young donkey is introduced as a former slaughterhouse animal who now starts each morning with pure excitement.
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Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 29 Jan. 2026
The last slaughterhouse in Los Angeles County permanently closed its doors nearly four months ago in the wake of operational violations, escaped cattle and, finally, bankruptcy.
—Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2026
So, to meet founding member Jamie Stewart in the backroom of Stockholm’s music venue Slakthusen, or slaughterhouse, on a twilit winter afternoon feels appropriate.
—Andy Hazel, IndieWire, 16 Jan. 2026
Sophie Hughes), a modern folk horror where a murder is a flashpoint for decades of violence, superstition and malice in a monstrous Mexican town, or the too-memorable Brazilian slaughterhouse in Ana Paula Maia’s Of Cattle and Men (trans.
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Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 29 Jan. 2026
The last slaughterhouse in Los Angeles County permanently closed its doors nearly four months ago in the wake of operational violations, escaped cattle and, finally, bankruptcy.
—Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2026
So, to meet founding member Jamie Stewart in the backroom of Stockholm’s music venue Slakthusen, or slaughterhouse, on a twilit winter afternoon feels appropriate.
—Andy Hazel, IndieWire, 16 Jan. 2026
Sophie Hughes), a modern folk horror where a murder is a flashpoint for decades of violence, superstition and malice in a monstrous Mexican town, or the too-memorable Brazilian slaughterhouse in Ana Paula Maia’s Of Cattle and Men (trans.
—Literary Hub, 5 Dec. 2025
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“Slaughterhouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slaughterhouse. Accessed 5 Feb. 2026.
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slaughterhouse
noun
slaugh·ter·house
ˈslȯt-ər-ˌhau̇s
: an establishment where animals are butchered
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