(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
A ~ is a shopkeeper who cuts up and sells meat. Some ~s also kill animals for meat and make foods such as sausages and meat pies.
N-COUNT
2.
A ~ or a ~’s is a shop where meat is sold.
N-COUNT: oft the N
3.
To ~ an animal means to kill it and cut it up for meat.
Pigs were ~ed, hams were hung to dry from the ceiling.
VERB: be V-ed
4.
You can refer to someone as a ~ when they have killed a lot of people in a very cruel way, and you want to express your horror and disgust.
Klaus Barbie was known in France as the Butcher of Lyon.
N-COUNT disapproval
5.
You can say that someone has ~ed people when they have killed a lot of people in a very cruel way, and you want to express your horror and disgust.
Guards ~ed 1,350 prisoners...
= slaughter
VERB: V n disapproval