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Butcher

One who slaughters animals, or dresses their flesh for market; one whose occupation it is to kill animals for food.

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Manner of action 1

Chine 76% connected

A chink or cleft; a narrow and deep ravine; as, Shanklin Chine in the Isle of Wight, a quarter of a mile long and 230 feet deep.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related verb as a more specific manner of this action.

Broader term 7

Incompetent 76% connected

Not competent; wanting in adequate strength, power, capacity, means, qualifications, or the like; incapable; unable; inadequate; unfit.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Kill 76% connected

A kiln.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Liquidator 76% connected

One who, or that which, liquidates.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Manslayer 76% connected

One who kills a human being; one who commits manslaughter.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Merchandiser 76% connected

A trader.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Merchant 76% connected

One who traffics on a large scale, especially with foreign countries; a trafficker; a trader.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Murderer 76% connected

One guilty of murder; a person who, in possession of his reason, unlawfully kills a human being with premeditated malice.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Narrower term 1

Knacker 76% connected

One who makes knickknacks, toys, etc.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a narrower or more specific lexical category.

Derivationally related 6

Butchery 74% connected

The business of a butcher.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Butchery 74% connected

The business of a butcher.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Slaughter 74% connected

The act of killing.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Slaughter 74% connected

The act of killing.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Entails 1

Cut 72% connected

of Cut

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records that the source verb entails the related action.

Synonym 7

Blunderer 92% connected

One who is apt to blunder.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Botcher 92% connected

One who mends or patches, esp. a tailor or cobbler.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Bungler 92% connected

A clumsy, awkward workman; one who bungles.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Fumbler 92% connected

One who fumbles.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Slaughter 92% connected

The act of killing.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Slaughterer 92% connected

One who slaughters.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Stumbler 92% connected

One who stumbles.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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