BUTCHERY as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • the savage and excessive killing of many people
   Synonym(s)
   • carnage (what does carnage mean?)
   • massacre (what does massacre mean?)
   • mass murder (what does mass murder mean?)
   • slaughter (what does slaughter mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) butchery is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • murder (what does murder mean?)
   • slaying (what does slaying mean?)
   • execution (what does execution mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • bloodbath (what does bloodbath mean?)
   • bloodletting (what does bloodletting mean?)
   • bloodshed (what does bloodshed mean?)
   • battue (what does battue mean?)
   • Alamo (what does Alamo mean?)
   • Little Bighorn (what does Little Bighorn mean?)
   • Battle of Little Bighorn (what does Battle of Little Bighorn mean?)
   • Battle of the Little Bighorn (what does Battle of the Little Bighorn mean?)
   • Custer’s Last Stand (what does Custer’s Last Stand mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • butcher (what does butcher mean?)
   • slaughter (what does slaughter mean?)
   • massacre (what does massacre mean?)
   • slaughter (what does slaughter mean?)
   • mow down (what does mow down mean?)
   • massacre (what does massacre mean?)
   • slaughter (what does slaughter mean?)
   • mow down (what does mow down mean?)
2. Meaning
   • the business of a butcher
   Synonym(s)
   • butchering (what does butchering mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) butchery is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • commercial enterprise (what does commercial enterprise mean?)
   • business enterprise (what does business enterprise mean?)
   • business (what does business mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • butcher (what does butcher mean?)
   • slaughter (what does slaughter mean?)
3. Meaning
   • a building where animals are butchered
   Synonym(s)
   • abattoir (what does abattoir mean?)
   • shambles (what does shambles mean?)
   • slaughterhouse (what does slaughterhouse mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) butchery is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • building (what does building mean?)
   • edifice (what does edifice mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • butcher (what does butcher mean?)
   • slaughter (what does slaughter mean?)