butchery

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a building where animals are butchered
  2. noun the business of a butcher
  3. noun the savage and excessive killing of many people

Etymology

From Middle English bocherie, from Old French. See butcher for more.

In classic literature

Synonyms

abattoir, shambles, slaughterhouse

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