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slaughteries

slaughteries is the plural of slaughtery.

Meaning of slaughtery

Noun

slaughtery (plural slaughteries)

  1. A place for slaughter; a slaughterhouse.
    • The slaughteries handle all kinds of poultry, and some have special departments for fattening of fowls […]1939, Seventh World's Poultry Congress and Exposition, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A., July 28 to August 7, 1939, page 416

Questions about slaughteries

What is slaughteries the plural of?
Slaughteries is the plural of slaughtery.

Words near slaughteries in the dictionary

  1. slaughterfests
  2. slaughterhall
  3. slaughterhalls
  4. slaughterhouse
  5. slaughterhouses
  6. slaughteries
  7. slaughtering
  8. slaughteringly
  9. slaughterings
  10. slaughterless
  11. slaughterline

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