1. (

• abattoir ,
• butchery ,
• shambles ,
• slaughterhouse

) a building where animals are butchered ;

2. (

• butchery ,
• butchering

) the business of a butcher ;

3. (

• slaughter ,
• massacre ,
• mass_murder ,
• carnage ,
• butchery ,

) the savage and excessive killing of many people ;