BUTCHERY


Meaning of BUTCHERY in English

-ch(ə)rē, -ri noun

( -es )

Etymology: Middle English bocherie, from Middle French bocherie, boucherie, from bochier, bouchier butcher + -ie -y — more at butcher

1. now chiefly Britain : a place where slaughtered meat is cut up : slaughterhouse

2. : the process or business of preparing meat for sale

3. : violent, cruel, or bloody slaughter : massacre , carnage

4. : botch , bungle

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.