Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun abattoir
1 sense of abattoir
Sense 1
abattoir, butchery, shambles, slaughterhouse -- (a building where animals are butchered)
=> building, edifice -- (a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place; "there was a three-story building on the corner"; "it was an imposing edifice")