butchery

Definition of Butchery in English :

a building where animals are butchered

2. butchering, butchery

the business of a butcher

the savage and excessive killing of many people

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Butchery

noun plural -eries

1.

the business or work of a butcher

2.

wanton and indiscriminate slaughter; carnage

3. a less common word for slaughterhouse

nounWord forms: plural ˈbutcheries

1. Chiefly British

a place where animals are killed for meat; slaughterhouse

2.

the work or business of a butcher

3.

brutal bloodshed or slaughter

4.

the act or result of botching

n. pl. butch·er·ies

1. Wanton or cruel killing; carnage.

2. Something botched; a bungle.

3. The trade of a butcher.

4. Chiefly British A slaughterhouse.