slaughterhouse
noun
slaugh·ter·house
ˈslȯ-tər-ˌhau̇s 
: an establishment where animals are butchered
Examples of slaughterhouse in a Sentence
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The kitchen looked like a slaughterhouse with cherry juice splashed across every surface, and the task of pitting all those cherries?
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Rachel Bernhard, Journal Sentinel, 3 Apr. 2024
The west side Covington neighborhood – once home to a thriving business district and multiple breweries and slaughterhouses – had at one time faced the prospect of losing 53 homes to a new Ohio River bridge.
—The Enquirer, 3 Apr. 2024
Despite such findings, a new Iowa law signed last year by Gov. Kim Reynolds (R) allows minors in that state to work in jobs previously deemed too hazardous, including in industrial laundries, light manufacturing, demolition, roofing and excavation but not slaughterhouses.
—Lauren Kaori Gurley, Washington Post, 31 Mar. 2024
Just last month, four slaughterhouse workers were charged with using other people’s Social Security numbers.
—Didi Martinez, NBC News, 23 Mar. 2024
The historic Union Stockyards on Chicago’s South Side, a former slaughterhouse, was now a 35,000-square-foot facility churning out an innovative vegan protein.
—Claire Turrell, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Mar. 2024
Germany has one of the largest indoor cannabis farms in Europe, housed at a former slaughterhouse in the eastern countryside near Dresden.
—Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024
The book is famously not actually about slaughterhouses.
—Katie Wiseman, The Indianapolis Star, 27 Mar. 2024
But Fremont is home to three massive meat-processing plants that need workers, and with young locals leaving, Central American migrants have kept the slaughterhouses humming and transformed the community.
—Jana Kasperkevic, NBC News, 24 Mar. 2024
Rachel Bernhard, Journal Sentinel, 3 Apr. 2024
The west side Covington neighborhood – once home to a thriving business district and multiple breweries and slaughterhouses – had at one time faced the prospect of losing 53 homes to a new Ohio River bridge.
—The Enquirer, 3 Apr. 2024
Despite such findings, a new Iowa law signed last year by Gov. Kim Reynolds (R) allows minors in that state to work in jobs previously deemed too hazardous, including in industrial laundries, light manufacturing, demolition, roofing and excavation but not slaughterhouses.
—Lauren Kaori Gurley, Washington Post, 31 Mar. 2024
Just last month, four slaughterhouse workers were charged with using other people’s Social Security numbers.
—Didi Martinez, NBC News, 23 Mar. 2024
The historic Union Stockyards on Chicago’s South Side, a former slaughterhouse, was now a 35,000-square-foot facility churning out an innovative vegan protein.
—Claire Turrell, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Mar. 2024
Germany has one of the largest indoor cannabis farms in Europe, housed at a former slaughterhouse in the eastern countryside near Dresden.
—Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024
The book is famously not actually about slaughterhouses.
—Katie Wiseman, The Indianapolis Star, 27 Mar. 2024
But Fremont is home to three massive meat-processing plants that need workers, and with young locals leaving, Central American migrants have kept the slaughterhouses humming and transformed the community.
—Jana Kasperkevic, NBC News, 24 Mar. 2024
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slaughterhouse
noun
slaugh·ter·house
ˈslȯt-ər-ˌhau̇s
: an establishment where animals are butchered
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