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butchery

/ˈbʊtʃ.ər.i/
butch · er · y
Plural:butcheries
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butchery Lexical Profile

butchery Game Scores & Validity

• noun

1

The trade, business, or craft of preparing and cutting meat for sale.

Example

"The culinary academy offers an intensive weekend course on traditional whole-animal butchery."

2

Savage, brutal, or indiscriminate killing of people or animals.

Example

"Historians described the medieval siege as an act of senseless butchery that devastated the region."

3

A butcher's shop, meat market, or slaughterhouse where livestock is processed and meat is sold.

Example

"She stopped by the local neighborhood butchery to purchase fresh lamb chops for dinner."

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• Nearby Words

butcher
butcherbird
butcherer
butchery
butler
butt
butte

Word Origin & Etymology

Borrowed into Middle English from Anglo-Norman and Old French 'boucherie', denoting a meat market or slaughterhouse, derived from 'bouchier' (butcher), originally referring to a dealer in goat's flesh from 'bouc' (he-goat).

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Wordmom. (2026). Definition of Butchery. In Wordmom Dictionary. Retrieved Nov 5, 2026, from https://wordmom.com/dictionary/butchery
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