butch
butch

butcher


Definition: Meaning of, butcher in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ˈbʊtʃə /

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Singular Plural
butcher butchers
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  1. someone who owns or works in a shop that sells meat
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  2. the butcher's a shop where you can buy meat
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  3. someone who has killed someone else cruelly and unnecessarily, especially someone who has killed a lot of people
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  4. have/take a butcher's British English spoken informal to have a look at something
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Prsesent Past Past Participle
butcher butchered butchered
Present Participle Third Person Singular
butchering butchers
[transitive]
  1. to kill animals and prepare them to be used as meat
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  2. to kill someone cruelly or unnecessarily, especially to kill a lot of people
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  3. informal to spoil something by working carelessly
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butcher used in phrases

  • Butcher Cumberland (noun)
    1. 1721-1765 english general; son of George II; fought unsuccessfully in the battle of Fontenoy
  • butcher block (noun)
    1. a thick wooden slab formed by bonding together thick laminated strips of unpainted hardwood
  • butcher board (noun)
    1. a thick wooden slab formed by bonding together thick laminated strips of unpainted hardwood
  • butcher knife (noun)
    1. a large sharp knife for cutting or trimming meat
  • butcher paper (noun)
    1. a strong wrapping paper that resists penetration by blood or meat fluids
  • butcher shop (noun)
    1. and sometimes fish a shop in which meat and poultry are sold
  • butcher's broom (noun)
    1. cladophylls shrub with stiff flattened stems resembling leaves ; used for making brooms
  • pork butcher (noun)
    1. a vendor of pork and products made from pork
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