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- [slaw-ter-hous]
- /ˈslɔ tərˌhaʊs/
- /ˈslɔː.tə.haʊs/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [slaw-ter-hous]
- /ˈslɔ tərˌhaʊs/
Definitions of slaughterhouse word
- noun plural slaughterhouse a building or place where animals are butchered for food; abattoir. 1
- countable noun slaughterhouse A slaughterhouse is a place where animals are killed for their meat. 0
- noun slaughterhouse a place where animals are butchered for food; abattoir 0
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Origin of slaughterhouse
First appearance:
before 1325 One of the 16% oldest English words
1325-75; Middle English slautherhus; see slaughter, house
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Parts of speech for Slaughterhouse
noun
adjective
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preposition
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slaughterhouse popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 54% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
slaughterhouse usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for slaughterhouse
noun slaughterhouse
- bloodletting — Bloodletting is violence or killing between groups of people, especially between rival armies.
- butchery — You can refer to the cruel killing of a lot of people as butchery when you want to express your horror and disgust at this.
- decimation — to destroy a great number or proportion of: The population was decimated by a plague.
- abattoir — An abattoir is a place where animals are killed in order to provide meat.
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