noun (n)

• a building where animals are butchered(noun.artifact)

  Synonym:
  abattoir, shambles, slaughterhouse
  

  source: wordnet30
• the business of a butcher(noun.act)

  Synonym:
  butchering
  

  source: wordnet30
• the savage and excessive killing of many people(noun.act)

  Synonym:
  carnage, mass murder, massacre, slaughter
  

  source: wordnet30
• The business of a butcher.(noun)

  source: webster1913