A facility where animals are killed and processed for meat; an abattoir.
Compound of 'slaughter' (from Old Norse 'slahtr' meaning butchery) and 'house.' The term became standard in English by the 1600s.
The word 'slaughterhouse' appears in countless novels as a symbol of industrialization and moral compromise—from Upton Sinclair's 'The Jungle' to Kurt Vonnegut's 'Slaughterhouse-Five,' it represents systems beyond individual control!
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