Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A slaughterhouse.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A public slaughter-house.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A public slaughterhouse for cattle, sheep, etc.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a building where animals are butchered
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Examples
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Ablative somehow reminds me of the word abattoir, which is more disgusting than evil.
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"The Killarney people are very disappointed because the opportunity to pick up work in town is very limited, the abattoir is the biggest employer in town," he said.
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The abattoir is a community owned facility and we want this to be a part of our community for
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"The Killarney people are very disappointed because the opportunity to pick up work in town is very limited, the abattoir is the biggest employer in town," he said.
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Acknowledging the support of the Secretariat of the Pacific Community, Cokanasiga said the services of Dr. Ilagi Puana is quite valuable and has filled one the crucial point of meat preparation at the abattoir which is meat inspection.
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The issue of the abattoir was the straw that broke the camel's back, "he told reporters at DAP headquarters here today.
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The issue of the abattoir was the straw that broke the camel's back, "he told reporters at DAP headquarters here today.
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"Fuck," said Svart Annika afterward, "It looks like an abattoir in here."
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In the meanwhile Orinoco—her nails long since cleansed underneath but now painted in the darkest black cherry possible—had exercised the good sense to rely on thin even coats of sweet-scent morticians' wax to impart a semblance of freshness, pots of heavy black coffee each night to abate her abattoir breath, and incessant cigarettes to keep her lips warm.
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She said that to appreciate Beauty you have to find it in the ugly, like a puppy running into traffic, ash from an abattoir sifted on the trees, a flower under a tractor wheel or an abandoned pram among other junk by the tracks.
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marco_nj commented on the word abattoir
The ox was slaughtered in the abattoir.
December 3, 2006
karnage commented on the word abattoir
I once lived in an old abattoir in Chicago. there were meathooks attached to the wood ceiling beams.
December 5, 2006
brtom commented on the word abattoir
"For the enlightenment of those who are not so intimately acquainted with the minutiae of the municipal abattoir ..."
Joyce, Ulysses, 14
January 22, 2007
slumry commented on the word abattoir
One of those words that, to me, just does not sound like what it is--happily!
July 11, 2007
kewpid commented on the word abattoir
I can never remember how to spell this.
December 6, 2007
rolig commented on the word abattoir
The French word hides the grisliness of the slaughterhouse.
December 6, 2007
bilby commented on the word abattoir
Good point. I don't think German fleischerei (butcher) hides anything, you can just about hear flesh being ripped apart.
December 6, 2007
rolig commented on the word abattoir
Perhaps because it contains the shriek of "schrei".
December 6, 2007
kalli commented on the word abattoir
"I've got the abattoir blues." - Nick Cave
December 9, 2007
bilby commented on the word abattoir
We REALLY need some Nick Cave lists. I nominate Kalli.
December 9, 2007