Definition of slaughterhouse
: an establishment where animals are butchered
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Perhaps as a consequence, in most Western slaughterhouses a larger percentage of blood is turned into blood meal used as animal feed and fertilizer.
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A government crackdown on slaughterhouses in the most populous state threatens many Muslims who are employed in the meat industry.
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In Iowa alone, meatpackers have recently broken ground on new slaughterhouses worth well over $500 million.
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Animal slaughterhouses, sawmills, and psychiatric hospitals on average reported lower rates of safety incidents.
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In the early 1900s, the slaughterhouses and packing plants of the neighborhood’s namesake opened in droves.
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First Known Use of slaughterhouse
14th century
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: a building where animals are killed for their meat
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\-ˌhau̇-zəz\: a building where animals are killed and prepared for food
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