açougue — meaning in English
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English meaning
- abattoir noun A place where animals are killed for food; a slaughterhouse.
Senses
açougue is used for these senses in English:
- abattoir A public slaughterhouse for cattle, sheep, etc. [Early 19th century.]
- butchershop (chiefly, US) A store that sells meat.
abattoir — full definition
- noun A place where animals are killed for food; a slaughterhouse.
- noun Figuratively, a scene of mass killing or bloodshed.