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Meanings of abattoir in English

Portuguese
matadouros
Catalan
escorxador

A place where animals are butchered for food.

matadouros
Usage of abattoir in English
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This morning, police have broken up a protest at a Queensland abattoir.
News.com.au
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According to the statement, the abattoir in Clayville had resumed regular operations.
The South African
3
These days Harris Meats is an independent abattoir and meat processing… Audio
Radio NZ
4
The cluster of cases from the Cedar Meats abattoir has reached 75.
News.com.au
5
This morning, police also broke up a protest at a Queensland abattoir.
News.com.au
6
Every single point is being played to a soundtrack of pigs-in-an-abattoir squeals.
The Guardian
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Now if you'll excuse me, I've got an abattoir to attend to.
Coalition's End
8
Even in the cold air, the small space smelled like an abattoir.
Drood: a novel
9
Evans's lambs initially go to an abattoir across the hills in Llanidloes.
The Guardian
10
The copper follows them, opens the door and sees a human abattoir.
The Irish Times
11
The place looks like an abattoir, but it is a woman's bedroom.
The Irish Times
12
Plus, they may be running the abattoir some distance from the buffet.
The Apocalypse Codex
13
Facebook Twitter Pinterest Pig carcasses hanging in an abattoir in Yorkshire, England.
The Guardian
14
Rob wondered if the local farmers used the bus as a makeshift abattoir.
The genesis secret
15
Police have arrested nine people at an abattoir in the NSW Southern Tablelands.
News.com.au
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Leptospirosis is the most common zoonotic occupational disease for farm and abattoir workers.
Radio NZ
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Catalan
escorxador
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Abattoir across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United Kingdom
Less common
United States of America
Less common