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Definition of abattoir noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

abattoir

noun
 
/ˈæbətwɑː(r)/
 
/ˈæbətwɑːr/
(British English)
(also slaughterhouse British and North American English)
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  1. a building where animals are killed for foodTopics Buildingsc2, Farmingc2
    Word Originearly 19th cent.: from French, from abattre ‘to fell’.

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