Definition of slaughterhouse
: an establishment where animals are butchered
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Recent Examples of slaughterhouse from the Web
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But the ALF activists discover that thousands more creatures like Okja are being raised, only to be sent to a gruesome, hot-dog-making slaughterhouses.
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Nor is the movie's resolution convincing, after a lengthy build-up that hinges on Mija and her unlikely allies seeking some way to save Okja from the slaughterhouse.
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Pigtown's stockyards and slaughterhouses are long gone.
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In kosher slaughterhouses, sirloin often is sold to high-end steak houses, Cheron said.
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Their methods range from candlelight vigils to protests in front of the Yulin government office in Beijing to identifying dog slaughterhouses.
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Activists in China saved up to 1,000 animals bound for the slaughterhouse Tuesday, ahead of a controversial dog-meat festival that many hoped had been called off.
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On this day in 1877, Pasteur went to a slaughterhouse at Chartres, France, to get blood samples from the corpses of animals who died of anthrax.
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First Known Use of slaughterhouse
14th century
SLAUGHTERHOUSE Defined for English Language Learners
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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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