Definition of butcher

Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of butcher is as below...

Butcher (n.) One who slaughters animals, or dresses their flesh for market; one whose occupation it is to kill animals for food..

Lern More About Butcher

Hough :: Hough (n.) A piece cut by butchers, esp. in pork, from either the front or hind leg, just above the foot..
Stall :: Stall (v. i.) A small apartment or shed in which merchandise is exposed for sale; as, a butcher's stall; a bookstall..
Crow :: Crow (v. i.) The mesentery of a beast; -- so called by butchers.
Gambrel :: Gambrel (n.) A stick crooked like a horse's hind leg; -- used by butchers in suspending slaughtered animals.
Reedling :: Reedling (n.) The European bearded titmouse (Panurus biarmicus); -- called also reed bunting, bearded pinnock, and lesser butcher bird..
Butchery :: Butchery (n.) A slaughterhouse; the shambles; a place where blood is shed.
Cart :: Cart (n.) A light business wagon used by bakers, grocerymen, butchers, etc..
Massacre :: Massacre (n.) To kill in considerable numbers where much resistance can not be made; to kill with indiscriminate violence, without necessity, and contrary to the usages of nations; to butcher; to slaughter; -- limited to the killing of human beings..
Butcher :: Butcher (n.) One who slaughters animals, or dresses their flesh for market; one whose occupation it is to kill animals for food..
Butchering :: Butchering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Butche.
Cleaver :: Cleaver (n.) One who cleaves, or that which cleaves; especially, a butcher's instrument for cutting animal bodies into joints or pieces..
Butchering :: Butchering (n.) The act of slaughtering; the act of killing cruelly and needlessly.
Butcher''s Broom :: Butcher's broom () A genus of plants (Ruscus); esp. R. aculeatus, which has large red berries and leaflike branches. See Cladophyll..
Mattages :: Mattages (n.) A shrike or butcher bird; -- written also matagasse.
Shamble :: Shamble (n.) A place where butcher's meat is sold.
Butcherly :: Butcherly (a.) Like a butcher; without compunction; savage; bloody; inhuman; fell.
Butchered :: Butchered (imp. & p. p.) of Butche.
Flesher :: Flesher (n.) A butcher.
Butchery :: Butchery (n.) The business of a butcher.
Butchery :: Butchery (n.) Murder or manslaughter, esp. when committed with unusual barbarity; great or cruel slaughter..
Random Fonts
Most Popular

close
Privacy Policy   GDPR Policy   Terms & Conditions   Contact Us