Slaughterhouse
['slɔːtəhaʊs]
Definition
(n.) A house where beasts are butchered for the market.
Edited by Helen
Examples
- That part is just as true as Pilar's old women drinking the blood down at the slaughterhouse. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- I saw both of them shot and my father said, '_Viva la Republica_,' when they shot him standing against the wall of the slaughterhouse of our village. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
Checker: Muriel