Meaning & use
Abattoirs
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Buildings where animals are slaughtered for food; slaughterhouses.
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The documentary examined conditions inside several industrial abattoirs.
Local abattoirs supply most of the meat sold at the regional market.
A note on using this word
Abattoir comes from the French abattre, 'to strike down' or 'to fell', and entered English in the 19th century as a more clinical-sounding alternative to 'slaughterhouse'.
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