ALL meanings of butchery
butch·er·y
B b - uncountable noun butchery You can refer to the cruel killing of a lot of people as butchery when you want to express your horror and disgust at this. 3
- uncountable noun butchery Butchery is the work of cutting up meat and preparing it for sale. 3
- noun butchery the business or work of a butcher 3
- noun butchery wanton and indiscriminate slaughter; carnage 3
- noun butchery a place where animals are killed for meat; slaughterhouse 3
- noun butchery the work or business of a butcher 3
- noun butchery brutal bloodshed or slaughter 3
- noun butchery the act or result of botching 3
- noun butchery brutal killing, slaughter 1
- noun butchery incompetence, clumsiness 1
- noun butchery slaughter and preparation of meat 1
- noun plural butchery a slaughterhouse. 1
- noun plural butchery brutal or wanton slaughter of animals or humans; carnage. 1
- noun plural butchery the trade or business of a butcher. 1
- noun plural butchery the act of bungling or botching. 1
- noun butchery The cruel, ruthless killings of humans, as at a slaughterhouse. 0
- noun butchery (rare) An abattoir, a slaughterhouse. 0
- noun butchery The butchering of meat. 0
- noun butchery A disastrous effort, an atrocious failure. 0
- noun butchery A meat market. 0
- noun butchery (Slang) The stereotypical behaviors and accoutrements of being a butch lesbian. 0