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slaughtery

slaughtery noun: a place for slaughter; a slaughterhouse.

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

Forms of slaughtery

pluralslaughteries

Questions about slaughtery

What does slaughtery mean?
Slaughtery means a place for slaughter; a slaughterhouse.
What part of speech is slaughtery?
Slaughtery is a noun.
What is the plural of slaughtery?
The plural of slaughtery is slaughteries.

Words near slaughtery in the dictionary

  1. slaughterperson
  2. slaughterpersons
  3. slaughters
  4. slaughterwoman
  5. slaughterwomen
  6. slaughtery
  7. slaughtre
  8. slaughtres
  9. slaughts
  10. slaunchways
  11. slaunchwise

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