butchernoun [ C ]
uk/ˈbʊtʃ.ər/us/ˈbʊtʃ.ɚ/butcher noun [ C ] (SHOP)
B1 a person who sells meat in a shop
also butcher's a shop where butchers work
Examples
- Our local butcher is closing down.
- The butcher hacked off a large chunk of meat.
- a halal butcher
- a kosher butcher
- The butcher prepared a rack of pork.
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People who make & serve food
- baker
- barista
- carhop
- catering
- chef
- cook
- garçon
- maître d'
- room service
- short-order cook
- steward
- waiter
- waitress
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Shops & auctions
butcher noun [ C ] (MURDER)
someone who murders a lot of people, especially in a cruel way
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Murderers & attackers
- abductor
- assailant
- assassin
- attacker
- bandit
- beater
- cyberbully
- death squad
- gunman
- highwayman
- killer
- marauder
- mugger
- murderer
- parricide
- poisoner
- regicide
- slasher
- slayer
- strangler
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Idiom(s)
have a butcher's
butcherverb [ T ]
uk/ˈbʊtʃ.ər/us/ˈbʊtʃ.ɚ/to cut an animal into pieces of meat
to kill someone in a very violent way
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Killing
- assisted suicide
- commit suicide idiom
- decimation
- do for sb/sth
- drown
- early
- electrocute
- end it (all) idiom
- fatal
- finish
- hara-kiri
- immolate
- killer
- life-threatening
- mercy killing
- mortally
- shooting
- slaughterhouse
- suicide
- terminal
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Cutting and stabbing
Preparing animals & fish for cooking
Murder & attempted murder