abattoir
noun/ˈæbətwɑː(r)/
/ˈæbətwɑːr/
(British English) (also slaughterhouse British and North American English)
- a building where animals are killed for foodTopics Buildingsc2, Farmingc2Word Originearly 19th cent.: from French, from abattre ‘to fell’.
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