abattoir
Where livestock ends
An abattoir is a slaughterhouse—a facility where animals are killed and processed for meat.
The word is French in origin and sounds more clinical or euphemistic than its English equivalent: The cattle were transported to the abattoir at dawn.
It appears in formal contexts and British English more than American.
Animal killing facility
- meatpackingProcessing livestock into food
- processingSystematic operation on data
- carcassSlaughtered animal's body
- conveyorMechanism that transports items
stunner · rendering · kill floor · offal · viscera · bloodletting · hooks · refrigeration
Domesticated bovines kept commercially
- hogsPigs, or monopolizes
- sheepWoolly farm animal
- pigsDomesticated farm swine
- poultryBirds raised for food
goats · lambs · stockyard · pens · loading · chutes · holding · stunning
Non-human health and treatment
- slaughterKilling for meat
- killingCausing death deliberately
- crueltyDeliberate harm-causing disposition
- humaneMarked by kindness
suffering · PETA · activism · protest · veganism · vegetarianism · sentience · rights
Widespread violent death
- massacreLarge-scale unlawful killing
- bloodbathEvent of mass killing
- horrorExtreme fear or disgust
- violenceHarmful physical force
death · killing field · battlefield · slaughter · destruction · gore · brutality · atrocity
slaughterhouse
Animal killing facility
- meatpackingProcessing livestock into food
- processingSystematic operation on data
- carcassSlaughtered animal's body
conveyor · stunner · rendering · kill floor · offal · viscera · bloodletting · hooks · refrigeration · inspection
cattle
Domesticated bovines kept commercially
poultry · goats · lambs · stockyard · pens · loading · chutes · holding · stunning · feedlot
animal welfare
Non-human health and treatment
- slaughterKilling for meat
- killingCausing death deliberately
- crueltyDeliberate harm-causing disposition
humane · suffering · PETA · activism · protest · veganism · vegetarianism · sentience · rights · consciousness
carnage
Widespread violent death
violence · death · killing field · battlefield · slaughter · destruction · gore · brutality · atrocity · charnel house
- Meat Industrybeef, pork, chicken, poultry, bacon
- butcherybutcher, meat, butchering, beef, slaughter
- carnagebloodshed, bloodbath, massacre, slaughter, carnage
- meatpackingslaughterhouse, meatpacker, meatpacking plant, packing house, slaughter
- food sourcesfarm, farmer, farms, ocean, rancher
- death placescemetery, crematorium, crematory, funeral home, funeral parlor
abattoirbirthplace
Location of one's birth
hatchery · nursery · breeding farm · maternity ward · incubator
abattoirwildlife refuge
Protected area for animals
animal shelter · wildlife sanctuary · nature reserve · veterinary clinic · rescue center
abattoirfarm
Agricultural land tract
ranch · feedlot · pasture · dairy farm · poultry farm