abattoir (redirected from abattoir fever)

ab·at·toir  (b-twär)

n.

1. A slaughterhouse.

2. Something likened to a slaughterhouse: "The hand of God and mankind's self-inflicted blows seem equally heavy ... giving a strong cumulative impression of the world as an abattoir" Manchester Guardian Weekly.

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[French, from abattre, to strike down, from Old French; see abate.]

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abattoir [ab-a-twahr]

Noun

a slaughterhouse [French abattre to fell]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

abattoir - a building where animals are butchered butchery, slaughterhouse, shambles building, edifice - a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place; "there was a three-story building on the corner"; "it was an imposing edifice"

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abattoir

noun slaughterhouse, shambles, butchery

Translations

abattoir [ˈæbətwɑːʳ] n (BRIT) → matadero

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abattoir [ˈæbətwɑːʳ] n (Brit) → abattoir m

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abattoir [ˈæbətwɑːʳ] (Brit) n → Schlachthof m

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abattoir [ˈæbətwɑːʳ] n (BRIT) → mattatoio