Definitions for abattoir

abattoir ab·at·toir

Spelling: [ab-uh-twahr, ab-uh-twahr]
IPA: /ˈæb əˌtwɑr, ˌæb əˈtwɑr/

Abattoir is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 196 anagrams from letters in abattoir (aabiortt).

Definitions for abattoir

noun

  1. a slaughterhouse.

Origin of abattoir

1810-20; French, equivalent to abatt(re) to slaughter (see abate) + -oir -ory2

Examples for abattoir

Digging like a navvy in order to get admission to the abattoir!

Such an abattoir would never be permitted to continue in the United States, or indeed the developed (and white) world.

The still hunting of the natives has all the romance and danger attending the slaughter of sheep in an abattoir.

The abattoir was being used as a distribution plant for the meat of cattle slaughtered outside the city.

Shall I to the abattoir and ask the slayer of oxen for a steak?

The monsters in question could only be the Shylocks of the abattoir who had tempted him with blood-money for Mlle. Adrienne.

A view down into the wild, Art Deco abattoir now called the 1933 Center in Shanghai.

When it comes to slaughtering defenseless animals with high-powered guns, I prefer a position in an abattoir.

Aberdeen is in fact becoming little else than a London abattoir.

The pigs will be dealt with in the abattoir, sent as fresh pork to the market or be turned into bacon to feed the members.

Word Value for abattoir
Scrable

10

Words with friends

11

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