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butcher
/ˈbʊt͡ʃə/
noun 5verb 5name 1
Collocations
3(noun.)
ADJ
local | halal, kosher | master
Definitions
noun
1
A person who prepares and sells meat (and sometimes also slaughters the animals).
He looked in vain into the stalls for the butcher who had sold fresh meat twice a week, on market days...
2
A brutal or indiscriminate killer.
Butcher of an innocent child.
3
A look.
4
A person who sells candy, drinks, etc. in theatres, trains, circuses, etc.
5
A king playing card.
verb
1
To slaughter (animals) and prepare (meat) for market.
2
To work as a butcher.
He tells me he now earns three times as much as he did butchering.
3
To kill brutally.
4
To ruin (something), often to the point of defamation.
The band at that bar really butchered "Hotel California".
5
To mess up hopelessly; to botch; to distort beyond recognition.
I am bad at pronouncing names, so my apologies if I butcher any of your names.
name
1
A surname originating as an occupation for a butcher.
Thesaurus
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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He looked in vain into the stalls for the butcher who had sold fresh meat twice a week, on market days...
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Butcher of an innocent child.
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He tells me he now earns three times as much as he did butchering.
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The band at that bar really butchered "Hotel California".
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I am bad at pronouncing names, so my apologies if I butcher any of your names.
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That ugly butcher resembles that fictional monster.
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