slaughterhouse

noun

slaugh·​ter·​house ˈslȯ-tər-ˌhau̇s 

: an establishment where animals are butchered

Examples of slaughterhouse in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Set in Watts, the film is a lyrical, neo-realist snapshot of a community, family, and slaughterhouse worker all coping with the monotony and powerlessness society forces them to endure. —Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 31 Mar. 2025

All the while, according to Glassdoor salary reporting, Mountaire Farms’ frontline slaughterhouse employees make minimum wage or slightly above it to perform one of the most dangerous jobs in America. —Kenny Torrella, Vox, 31 Mar. 2025

Two tractor-trailers picked up some 80,000 pounds of beef from a slaughterhouse in northeastern Tennessee, and then vanished, the authorities said this week. —Adeel Hassan, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025

The bleached ruins of a slaughterhouse in Aledo, Illinois, her childhood hometown, are the subject of a painting from 1937. —Jeremy Lybarger, ARTnews.com, 26 Mar. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for slaughterhouse

• boardinghouse
• charterhouse
• clearinghouse
• coffeehouse
• customhouse
• firehouse
• meetinghouse
• motherhouse
• packinghouse
• pilothouse
• powerhouse
• summerhouse

Kids Definition

slaughterhouse

noun

slaugh·​ter·​house ˈslȯt-ər-ˌhau̇s 

: an establishment where animals are butchered