Meaning
- (noun) The cruel, ruthless killings of humans, as at a slaughterhouse.
- (noun) An abattoir, a slaughterhouse.
- (noun) The butchering of meat.
- (noun) A disastrous effort, an atrocious failure. “This week’s impossible-to-pronounce word: Catania. Granted, it’s a little trickier than Palermo, but there was no excusing the verbal butchery that ensued. —blog.”
- (noun) A meat market
- (noun) The stereotypical behaviors and accoutrements of being a butch lesbian.
Letter breakdown
- Butcheries contains 10 letters: 4 vowel(s) and 6 consonant(s).
- It uses 9 unique letters.
- Estimated syllable count: 3.
- Scrabble-style letter score: 17.
Connected words
Other 10-letter words
- abandoning
- abbreviate
- abdicating
- abdication
- abductions
- aberration
- abhorrence
- abjuration
- abnegating
- abnegation
- abnormally
- abolishing
- abominable
- abominably
- abominated
- abominates
- aboriginal
- aborigines
Words starting with BUT
- but
- butane
- butch
- butcher
- butchered
- butchering
- butchers
- butchery
- butches
- butler
- butlers
- buts
- butt
- butte
- butted
- butter
- buttercup
- buttercups
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Words ending with IES
Words from these letters
- britches
- butchers
- cutesier
- heretics
- birches
- bitches
- brutish
- bushier
- butcher
- butches
- cherubs
- cushier
- etchers
- heretic
- hirsute
- recites
- retches
- richest
- rubiest
- sherbet
- behest
- berets
- berths
- bestir
- births
- bisect
- breech
- bruise
- brutes
- buries
- busier
- buster
- cerise
- cheers
- cherub
- chutes
- citrus
- cruets
- cruise
- cubist
- cubits
- curies
- either
- erects
- etcher
- etches
- ethics
- hubris
- itches
- rebuts
- recite
- rescue
- riches
- rubies
- rustic
- scribe
- secret
- secure
- theirs
Reader questions
What does Butcheries mean?
The cruel, ruthless killings of humans, as at a slaughterhouse.
How many letters are in Butcheries?
Butcheries has 10 letters.
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