According to WorldAtlas, Canada is the only non-European country to make its top ten list of coffee consumers. The United States at a distant 25 on the list.
slaughter, massacre, mass murder, carnage, butchery
(noun) the savage and excessive killing of many people
butchery, butchering
(noun) the business of a butcher
abattoir, butchery, shambles, slaughterhouse
(noun) a building where animals are butchered
Source: WordNet® 3.1
butchery (countable and uncountable, plural butcheries)
The cruel, ruthless killings of humans, as at a slaughterhouse.
(rare) An abattoir, a slaughterhouse.
The butchering of meat.
A disastrous effort, an atrocious failure.
A meat market
butchery (countable and uncountable, plural butcheries)
(slang) The stereotypical behaviors and accoutrements of being a butch lesbian.
Source: Wiktionary
Butch"er*y, n. Etym: [OE. bocherie shambles, fr. F. boucherie. See Butcher, n.]
1. The business of a butcher. [Obs.]
2. Murder or manslaughter, esp. when committed with unusual barbarity; great or cruel slaughter. Shak. The perpetration of human butchery. Prescott.
3. A slaughterhouse; the shambles; a place where blood is shed. [Obs.] Like as an ox is hanged in the butchery. Fabyan.
Syn.
– Murder; slaughter; carnage. See Massacre.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 May 2025
(adverb) showing consideration and thoughtfulness; “he had thoughtfully brought with him some food to share”
According to WorldAtlas, Canada is the only non-European country to make its top ten list of coffee consumers. The United States at a distant 25 on the list.