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Date "SLAUGHTER-HOUSE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1591. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Dream Interpretation | To dream of a slaughter-house, denotes that you will be feared more than loved by your sweetheart or mistress. Your business will divulge a private drain, and there will be unkind insinuations. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Food & Agriculture | Place where the killing of animals for human consumption takes place. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "SLAUGHTER-HOUSE" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "SLAUGHTER-HOUSE" is used about 4 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 4 | 175,879 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "SLAUGHTER-HOUSE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | slagteri (abattoir, meat plant, slaughterhouse). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | slachthuis (abattoir, slaughterhouse). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | teurastamo (abattoir). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | tuerie (slaughter), abattoir (slaughter house, slaughterhouse). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Schlachthof (abattoir, slaughter house, slaughterhouse). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | σφαγείο (abattoir, shambles, slaughter house, slaughterhouse). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | pembantaian (abbatoir, butchering, carnage, shambles, slaughter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | mattatoio (abattoir, shambles, slaughter house, slaughterhouse), macello (abattoir, butchery, massacre, shambles, slaughter, slaughterhouse), impianto di macellazione (abattoir, meat plant, slaughterhouse). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | aughter-houseslay matadouro (abattoir, butcher's shop, shamble, shambles). (various references) shambles, packing plant. (various references) matadero (abattoir, shambles, slaughterhouse, slaughterhouses). (various references) slakteri (abattoir, slaughterhouse). (various references) lò sát sinh nơi tà n sát, lò mổ (abattoir), chỗ chém giết cảnh tà n sát, cảnh chém giết. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | macellarius. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: slaughterhouse. | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-e-g-h-h-l-o-r-s-s-t-u-u" | |
-2 letters: slaughterous. | |
-3 letters: horselaughs. | |
-4 letters: gatehouses, guesthouse, horselaugh, houseguest, otherguess, slaughters, sugarhouse, trehaloses. | |
-5 letters: alehouses, authoress, gatehouse, goulashes, heartless, heathless, helotages, hostelers, hourglass, laughters, oleasters, outargues, outglares, outgushes, outlaughs, outrushes, regulates, reguluses, resalutes, resolutes, sheathers, shortages, slaughter, stegosaur, teahouses, thesaurus, trehalose, trousseau. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-e-g-h-h-l-o-r-s-s-t-u-u" | |
+1 letter: slaughterhouses. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Usage Frequency 3. Translations: Modern 4. Translations: Ancient | 5. Anagrams 6. Bibliography |
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