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butcher's hook

butcher's hook noun: a hook used by a butcher for hanging carcasses or meat.

Noun

butcher's hook (plural butcher's hooks or butchers' hooks)

  1. A hook used by a butcher for hanging carcasses or meat.
  2. (Cockney, singular, singular-only, slang) Synonym of butcher's.
    Synonyms:
    butcher's

Synonyms of butcher's hook

Forms of butcher's hook

pluralbutcher's hooks
pluralbutchers' hooks

Words formed from butcher's hook

Questions about butcher's hook

What does butcher's hook mean?
Butcher's hook means a hook used by a butcher for hanging carcasses or meat.
What part of speech is butcher's hook?
Butcher's hook is a noun.
What is the plural of butcher's hook?
The plural of butcher's hook is butcher's hooks.

Words near butcher's hook in the dictionary

  1. butcher's aprons
  2. butcher's bill
  3. butcher's block
  4. butcher's blocks
  5. butcher's broom
  6. butcher's hook
  7. butcher's hooks
  8. butcher's knife
  9. butcher's knives
  10. butcher's mourning
  11. butcher's paper

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