butchers
Cuts up carcasses
Butchers is British rhyming slang for "look," from "butcher's hook": Have a butchers at this.
The full phrase is rarely spoken—just the first word carries the meaning.
Like much Cockney slang, it survives mainly in casual London speech and British pop culture.
Meat processing facility
- slaughterhouseAnimal killing facility
- processingSystematic operation on data
- stunningExtremely impressive or beautiful
- humaneMarked by kindness
halal · kosher · evisceration · rendering · livestock · meatpacking · inspection · carcass
Shaping by cutting away
- slicingCutting into portions
- trimmingCutting away excess
- boningRemoving skeletal structure
- filletingCutting meat from bones
cleaver · knife · chopping · portioning · deboning · quartering · halving · butterflying
Flat service surface
- scaleMeasure of relative size
- displayPresentation for viewing
- apronWaist-tied protective garment
- blockSolid mass, or impede
sawdust · refrigerator · hooks · grinder · slicer · showcase · market · stall
Restoring health or preserving
- smokingInhaling burning tobacco
- agingGrowing older over time
- dry-agedMeat matured in open air
- marinatingSoaking food in flavored liquid
seasoning · brining · charcuterie · sausage-making · pâté · terrines · pancetta · corned
abattoir
Meat processing facility
- slaughterhouseAnimal killing facility
- processingSystematic operation on data
- stunningExtremely impressive or beautiful
humane · halal · kosher · evisceration · rendering · livestock · meatpacking · inspection · carcass · hanging
beef
Bovine meat for eating
veal · chicken · poultry · turkey · duck · game · venison · bison · rabbit · goat
carving
Shaping by cutting away
filleting · cleaver · knife · chopping · portioning · deboning · quartering · halving · butterflying · tenderizing
counter
Flat service surface
block · sawdust · refrigerator · hooks · grinder · slicer · showcase · market · stall · deli
curing
Restoring health or preserving
marinating · seasoning · brining · charcuterie · sausage-making · pâté · terrines · pancetta · corned · jerky
apprentice
Learner bound to employer
- journeymanQualified trade worker
- masterAuthority or controller
- guildProfessional mutual-aid society
tradition · skill · trade · vocation · artisanal · expertise · training · certification · knowledge · experience
- occupationsdoctor, teacher, baker, lawyer, nurse
- workersworkers, employee, employees, laborer, laborers
- craftspeoplepotter, weaver, blacksmith, artisan, potters
- Italian marketsvendors, stalls, produce, fruit stands, produce stands
- wet marketsvendors, stalls, fishmongers, haggling, produce
- Cockney slangapples and pears, boat race, mince pies, porky pies, rhyming slang
butcherscreates
Brings into being
builds · constructs · makes · assembles · produces
butchersvegans
Those avoiding all animal products
vegetarians · animal rights activists · greengrocers · veterinarians · animal rescuers
- 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
butcher, butchery, butchering, butchered, butcher's, butcher paper