butcher's meat — butcher meat or butcher s meat noun The flesh of animals slaughtered by butchers, as distinguished from fish, fowls and game • • • Main Entry: ↑butcher … Useful english dictionary
butcher's meat — (also butcher meat) noun Brit. fresh uncured meat excluding game and poultry … English new terms dictionary
butcher — [n] meat killer, seller boner*, meatmarket person, meat person, processor, skinner*, slaughterer, slayer*; concept 348 butcher [v1] slay and prepare animal for meat beef up, carve, clean, cure, cut, cut down, dress, joint, liquidate, salt,… … New thesaurus
butcher meat — or butcher s meat noun The flesh of animals slaughtered by butchers, as distinguished from fish, fowls and game • • • Main Entry: ↑butcher … Useful english dictionary
Butcher — Butch er (b[.u]ch [ e]r), n. [OE. bochere, bochier, OF. bochier, F. boucher, orig., slaughterer of buck goats, fr. OF. boc, F. bouc, a buck goat; of German or Celtic origin. See {Buck} the animal.] 1. One who slaughters animals, or dresses their… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
meat-man — meatˈ man noun A seller of butcher s meat • • • Main Entry: ↑meat … Useful english dictionary
butcher — n. & v. n. 1 a a person whose trade is dealing in meat. b a person who slaughters animals for food. 2 a person who kills or has people killed indiscriminately or brutally. v.tr. 1 slaughter or cut up (an animal) for food. 2 kill (people) wantonly … Useful english dictionary
butcher — A person who kills or slaughters animals to procure their meat. A person who buys the carcasses of animals that have been slaughtered (by a butcher) for meat, and cuts them up and retails them, without more, is neither a butcher nor engaged in… … Ballentine's law dictionary
Meat hook — For other uses, see Meat hook (disambiguation). Meat hooks at a butcher. A meat hook is a two sided hook normally used in butcheries to hang up meat or the carcasses of animals such as pigs and cattle on a moving conveyor line. There are many… … Wikipedia
Butcher block — Butcher s block in modern American kitchen. A butcher s block is a style of assembled wood (often sugar maple, teak, or walnut) used as heavy duty chopping blocks, table tops, and cutting boards. It was commonly used in butcher s shops and meat… … Wikipedia
