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- Dictionarybutchery/ˈbʊtʃ(ə)ri/
noun
- 1. the work of slaughtering animals and preparing them for sale as meat. Similar
- 2. the savage killing of large numbers of people: "the rebellions ended in butchery and defeat" Similar
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Butchery can mean slaughterhouse, the preparation of meat, or cruel and ruthless slaughter of human beings. Learn more about the word history, synonyms, examples, and usage of butchery.
a shop or part of a shop that sells meat: The supermarket has a butchery, bakery, deli counter, and restaurant. He opened a butchery stall at an East London market. Synonym. butcher (SHOP) Fewer examples. Skinning rabbits is one of many basic butchery techniques which are being lost. Reputable farmers would have nothing to do with illegal butchery.
the act of bungling or botching. butchery. / ˈbʊtʃərɪ / noun. the business or work of a butcher. wanton and indiscriminate slaughter; carnage. a less common word for slaughterhouse.
Butchery means cruel, violent and unnecessary killing, or the work of preparing meat to be sold. Learn how to pronounce, use and distinguish it from irony with the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary app.
Butchery can mean the cruel killing of people or animals, or the work of cutting up meat for sale. Learn more about the word origin, synonyms, and usage examples of butchery.
Butchery is the act of killing animals or humans cruelly or indiscriminately, or the trade of a butcher. Find out more meanings, examples, and translations of butchery in this comprehensive online dictionary.
a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place. noun. the business of a butcher. synonyms: butchering. see more. the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects. noun. the savage and excessive killing of many people.
