abattoir

Meanings

Plural: abattoirs

Noun

a building where animals are butchered
A public slaughterhouse for cattle, sheep, etc.
A place or event likened to a slaughterhouse, because of great carnage or bloodshed.

Origin / Etymology

Borrowed from French abattoir, from abattre (“to slaughter”) (cognate to abate) + -oir (“-ory”).

Synonyms

bloodbath, butchery, shambles, slaughterhouse

Scrabble Score: 10

abattoir is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
abattoir is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
abattoir is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 11

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