slaughterhouse
Livestock processing plant
A slaughterhouse is a facility where animals are killed and processed for meat.
The word carries its grim meaning plainly—a house of slaughter.
Figuratively, any scene of mass killing or carnage: The battlefield became a slaughterhouse.
Meat processing facility
- carcassSlaughtered animal's body
- cleaverBroad-bladed cutting tool
- eviscerationRemoving internal organs
- guttingRemoving internal organs
skinning · boning · deboning · hook · block · trimming · quartering · dressing
Moral claims for fauna
- welfareComfort and prosperity
- PETAAnimal welfare advocacy group
- activismDirect effort for reform
- veganismComplete animal product abstention
cruelty · conditions · workers · exploitation · regulation · inspection · humane · stunning
Domesticated bovines kept commercially
- hogSwine, or monopolize
- pigDomesticated swine for meat
- sheepWoolly farm animal
- poultryBirds raised for food
goat · pen · chute · holding · feedlot · stockyard · corral · loading dock
abattoir
Meat processing facility
- carcassSlaughtered animal's body
- cleaverBroad-bladed cutting tool
- eviscerationRemoving internal organs
gutting · skinning · boning · deboning · hook · block · trimming · quartering · dressing · flensing
animal rights
Moral claims for fauna
veganism · cruelty · conditions · workers · exploitation · regulation · inspection · humane · stunning · suffering
cattle
Domesticated bovines kept commercially
poultry · goat · pen · chute · holding · feedlot · stockyard · corral · loading dock · shackle
beef
Bovine meat for eating
veal · chicken · turkey · duck · goose · steak · chop · brisket · ribs · ham
macabre
Disturbing, death-obsessed
terror · dread · nightmare · trauma · revulsion · blood · screams · stench · carnage · visceral
- industrial sitesfactory floor, oil refinery, factories, petrochemical plants, plants
- agribusinessagribusiness, farm, farms, corporate farms, factory farming
- Meat Industrybeef, pork, chicken, poultry, bacon
- butcherybutcher, meat, butchering, beef, pork chops
- carnagebloodshed, bloodbath, massacre, butchery, carnage
- Industrial heritagefactory, mill, foundry, ironworks, steelworks
slaughterhousehatchery
Egg incubation facility
birthing center · nursery · maternity ward · delivery room · incubator
slaughterhousewildlife sanctuary
Protected area for animals
animal shelter · wildlife refuge · wildlife preserve · rescue center · rehabilitation center
slaughterhousefarm
Agricultural land tract
ranch · feedlot · dairy farm · poultry farm · pasture