butchˈering or butchˈing noun

(back-formation) the act of killing for food, or cruelly

butchˈerly adjective

Butcher-like, cruel, murderous (formerly also adverb)

butchˈer's (orig butcher's hook) noun (Cockney rhyming sl)

A look

butchˈery noun

1. The trade of a butcher
2. Great or cruel slaughter
3. A slaughterhouse

butchˈerbird noun

1. A shrike
2. A bird of the genus Cracticus which impales its prey on thorns (Aust)

butcher meat or butcher's meat noun

The flesh of animals slaughtered by butchers, as distinguished from fish, fowls and game

butcher's broom noun

An evergreen shrub (Ruscus aculeatus) with phyllodes, formerly used by butchers for sweeping their blocks