slaughterhouse
noun
slaugh·ter·house
ˈslȯ-tər-ˌhau̇s 
: an establishment where animals are butchered
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But Decent Salaries Sanitation work, sewage treatment, slaughterhouse labor, and oil rig roughnecking are examples of dirty jobs that both college graduates and non-graduates tend to avoid.
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Jack Kelly, Forbes.com, 12 May 2025
Sinners is almost two movies in one: a vampire slaughterhouse film that’s also a period piece about the near-impossibility of upward mobility in the segregation economy.
—Adam Serwer, The Atlantic, 2 May 2025
On top of creating new safety standards to stop the sale of raw chicken and chicken parts with salmonella, the new rule also would have overhauled safety procedures and testing in slaughterhouses to prevent contamination.
—David Matthews, New York Daily News, 24 Apr. 2025
After earning a PhD in animal science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Grandin became an authority on humane livestock treatment, designing systems that reduce stress for animals in slaughterhouses.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Apr. 2025
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Jack Kelly, Forbes.com, 12 May 2025
Sinners is almost two movies in one: a vampire slaughterhouse film that’s also a period piece about the near-impossibility of upward mobility in the segregation economy.
—Adam Serwer, The Atlantic, 2 May 2025
On top of creating new safety standards to stop the sale of raw chicken and chicken parts with salmonella, the new rule also would have overhauled safety procedures and testing in slaughterhouses to prevent contamination.
—David Matthews, New York Daily News, 24 Apr. 2025
After earning a PhD in animal science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Grandin became an authority on humane livestock treatment, designing systems that reduce stress for animals in slaughterhouses.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for slaughterhouse
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“Slaughterhouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slaughterhouse. Accessed 7 Jun. 2025.
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slaughterhouse
noun
slaugh·ter·house
ˈslȯt-ər-ˌhau̇s
: an establishment where animals are butchered
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