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abattoir

noun
🔊/ˈæbətwɑː(r)/
🔊/ˈæbətwɑːr/
 (British English)
(also slaughterhouse )
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  1. a building where animals are killed for food屠宰场Topics Buildingsc2, Farmingc2
    Word Originearly 19th cent.: from French, from abattre ‘to fell’.