BUTCHERING

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The business of a butcher

Synonyms:

butchering; butchery

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("butchering" is a kind of...):

business; business enterprise; commercial enterprise (the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects)

Meronyms (parts of "butchering"):

slaughter (the killing of animals (as for food))

-ing form of the verb butcher