Slaughterhouse

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Slaughterhouse \Slaugh"ter*house`\, n.
     A house where beasts are butchered for the market.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  slaughterhouse
       n : a building where animals are butchered [syn: {abattoir}, {butchery},
            {shambles}]