Abattoir
Pronunciation of Abattoir
/ˈabɐtwˌɑː/, /ˈabɐtwˌɑː/, /ˈa_b_ɐ_t_w_ˌɑː/
Synonyms for abattoir:
Other synonyms and related words:
carnage, butchering, slaughter, massacre, butchery.
abattoir (noun)
butchery, slaughterhouse, shambles.
artifact (noun)
butchery, slaughterhouse, shambles.
slaughterhouse (noun)
shambles, butchery.
Usage examples for abattoir:
- Not only can I hold fat cattle as long as I wish, but I will feed cattle all the year round and always have enough to keep the abattoir running. - "Roosevelt in the Bad Lands", Hermann Hagedorn.
- It was found on careful inquiry that the abattoir attendants following these directions had supplied not prostates but seminal vesicles. - "Psychotherapy", James J. Walsh.