Results for "butchery
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butchery
(Religious Terms Dictionary) :
{"word": "butchery", "results": [{"typeOf": ["commercial enterprise", "business enterprise", "business"], "hasParts": ["slaughter"], "synonyms": ["butchering"], "definition": "the business of a butcher", "derivation": ["butcher"], "partOfSpeech": "noun"}, {"typeOf": ["slaying", "execution", "murder"], "hasTypes": ["bloodbath", "battue", "bloodshed", "bloodletting"], "synonyms": ["carnage", "mass murder", "massacre", "slaughter"], "definition": "the savage and excessive killing of many people", "derivation": ["butcher"], "hasInstances": ["battle of little bighorn", "little bighorn", "alamo", "custer's last stand", "battle of the little bighorn"], "partOfSpeech": "noun"}, {"typeOf": ["building", "edifice"], "synonyms": ["abattoir", "shambles", "slaughterhouse"], "definition": "a building where animals are butchered", "derivation": ["butcher"], "partOfSpeech": "noun"}], "frequency": 2.47, "syllables": {"list": ["butch", "er", "y"], "count": 3}, "pronunciation": {"all": "'bʊʧəri"}}