butcher
Cleaver-wielding professional
A butcher slaughters animals and prepares their meat for sale.
The work requires skill with knives, so butcher extends to anyone who cuts flesh—including surgeons, in older or humorous usage.
To butcher is to slaughter or cut up, but also to ruin through clumsy execution: He butchered the pronunciation of her name.
A butcher of people kills brutally or in large numbers.
Killing for meat
- massacreLarge-scale unlawful killing
- carnageWidespread violent death
- bloodshedKilling and wounding
- murderDeliberate unlawful killing
killer · hacking · mangling · mutilation · gore · savage · violent · ruthless
One who kills animals
- cleaverBroad-bladed cutting tool
- blockSolid mass, or impede
- apronWaist-tied protective garment
- shopkeeperSmall store manager
vendor · market · deli · abattoir · wholesaler · retailer · stall · hooks
Sharp cutting utensil
- cleaverBroad-bladed cutting tool
- sawPast of perceive
- hookCurved catching device
- steelCarbon-hardened iron alloy
sharpener · block · mallet · grinder · slicer · tenderizer · twine · thermometer
Thick beef slice
- brisketLower chest of cattle
- tenderloinPremium, exceptionally soft cut
- ribsThoracic bone set
- shankLower leg segment
chop · roast · filet · loin · rump · flank · sirloin · cutlet
slaughter
Killing for meat
murder · killer · hacking · mangling · mutilation · gore · savage · violent · ruthless · merciless
slaughterer
One who kills animals
shopkeeper · vendor · market · deli · abattoir · wholesaler · retailer · stall · hooks · scales
beef
Bovine meat for eating
mutton · veal · sausage · bacon · charcuterie · game · venison · goat · rabbit · duck
knife
Sharp cutting utensil
steel · sharpener · block · mallet · grinder · slicer · tenderizer · twine · thermometer · scale
steak
Thick beef slice
- brisketLower chest of cattle
- tenderloinPremium, exceptionally soft cut
- ribsThoracic bone set
shank · chop · roast · filet · loin · rump · flank · sirloin · cutlet · rack
carving
Shaping by cutting away
filleting · cleaving · portioning · curing · smoking · aging · tenderizing · seasoning · grinding · stuffing
botch
Spoil through incompetence
hack · mess-up · wreck · destroy · fumble · mishandle · bungle · blunder · mutilate · mar
- jobsdoctor, administrator, lawyer, teacher, nurse
- occupationsdoctor, teacher, baker, lawyer, nurse
- workersworkers, employee, employees, laborer, laborers
- shopsshop, boutique, store, bakery, bookstores
- craftspeoplepotter, weaver, blacksmith, artisan, potters
- ancient occupationssoldier, merchant, farmer, shepherd, carpenter
- butcher shopStore selling raw meat
- butcher knifeHeavy blade for meat
- butcher blockLaminated wood work surface
- butcher paperHeavy food-wrapping paper
- butcher's knifeLarge blade for meat
- butcher knivesBlades for cutting meat
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