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Synonyms for slaughterhouse

Most common

butchery abattoir

All synonyms

Noun

1. Abattoir — A place where animals are slaughtered

abattoir, butchery, shambles dated, fleshhouse rare

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A place where animals are slaughtered.

Related words

Word family
slaughter slaughterer slaughterous

Forms

Plural
slaughterhouses → abattoirs, butcheries, fleshhouses…

Example sentences

  • butchery The bakery is next to the butchery.
  • abattoir Local protestors showed gruesome abattoir footage on widescreen TVs.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
slaughterhousesteady
butcheryrising
abattoirfalling

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

8 letters
shambles2, butchery3, abattoir3
10 letters
fleshhouse

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (shambles2 = 2 syllables).