noun🔗ShareA person who prepares and sells meat (and sometimes also slaughters the animals)."The butcher at the local market sells delicious, fresh cuts of beef. "personjobfoodbusinessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA brutal or indiscriminate killer."The dictator's soldiers were butchers, killing innocent civilians without mercy. "personinhumanactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share(from butcher's hook) A look."The suspect gave the detective butchers as he was being led away. "languagewordChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA person who sells candy, drinks, etc. in theatres, trains, circuses, etc."The butchers walked through the train aisles, offering passengers snacks and drinks for purchase. "personjobbusinessentertainmentChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo slaughter (animals) and prepare (meat) for market."The workers at the factory butcher hundreds of cows every day to supply meat to supermarkets. "foodanimaljobindustrycommerceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo kill brutally."The dictator brutally butchers anyone who opposes him. "inhumanactionwarmilitaryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo ruin (something), often to the point of defamation."The band at that bar really butchered "Hotel California"."languagewordChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA butcher’s shop"We bought fresh chicken at the butchers around the corner. "foodbusinessplaceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA look (short form of butcher's hook)"The butcher's shop used a long, metal butchers to hang the meat. "appearanceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
