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butchering

butchering

5 5.2
Work of killing animals and preparing meat to sell
  • noun
  • /ˈbʊtʃərɪŋ/
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  • As the butchering process is a community effort, the pig's hair is sold to raise community funds.
  • butchering of cattle
  • butchering/slaughtering

According to ABBC documentary on the topic, this scam is known as pig butchering after the practice of farmers fattening hogs before slaughter.

Examples

  • The butchering is performed where water is close at hand because a considerable quantity of water is used.

    Academic text (2018)

  • Distributing pork after slaughtering and butchering pigs is regarded as men's work.

    Academic text (2018)

  • The best time for butchering was in the morning, in the cool of the day.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • Therefore, the butchering is often performed near a beach.

    Academic text (2018)

  • Low prices for small pigs at birth or when they are of butchering size are not a problem.

    Academic text (1999)

  • Our neighbor Jack Morrow shared the butchering with us, and he would share the meat.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • Butchers, as opposed to pig farmers, have butchering as their major occupation and source of income.

    Academic text (2018)

  • When a pig is chosen for slaughter, the slaughtering and butchering are performed with the participation of village residents and relatives.

    Academic text (2018)

  • The breeding, slaughtering, butchering, and distribution of pigs on Okinawa and Jeju affected the formation of this ecological community.

    Academic text (2018)

  • My father did custom butchering for several people within our rural community.

Synonyms

meatpacking
vsbutchering
9 4.1

The business of preparing meat and putting it into packages for sale

is the smaller trade focused on preparing and selling meat locally
meat packing
vsbutchering
5 3.0

A process that kills animals and prepares their meat to sell in shops

is more about the individual trade and service to customers than wholesale
butchery
vsbutchering
  • UK
2 4.7

A shop where animals are killed and meat is prepared and sold

is the trade activity itself rather than the physical shop or place
faena
vsbutchering
  • Specialized
9.9

The killing and cleaning of animals so the meat can be sold

is the commercial trade that includes this process plus selling meat
meat-packing business
vsbutchering
3.0

An industry that processes and packs meat for shops

is the single trade or business role within that broader industry

How Professional

butchery
  • UK
2 4.7
butchering
5 5.2
slaughter
38 2.8

Surface Forms

butchering singular
butcherings plural

Morphology

butchering = butcher (transparent) = butcher + ing

A straightforward gerund/nominalization from the verb 'butcher' denoting the action or trade; learners who know 'butcher' and '-ing' will readily understand it.

Etymology

The word butchering comes from butcher, the name for a person who cuts up animals to make 'meat'. Long ago it meant the job of killing and preparing animals to sell, so butchering still means the trade or act of preparing animals for food.