butchery

[ booch-uh-ree ]
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noun,plural butch·er·ies.
  1. a slaughterhouse.

  2. brutal or wanton slaughter of animals or humans; carnage.

  1. the trade or business of a butcher.

  2. the act of bungling or botching.

Origin of butchery

1
1300–50; Middle English bocherie<Anglo-French, Middle French boucherie.See butcher, -y3

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butchery

/ (ˈbʊtʃərɪ) /


nounplural -eries
  1. the business or work of a butcher

  2. wanton and indiscriminate slaughter; carnage

  1. a less common word for slaughterhouse

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