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Word:

 

Word - rootword - affixes
ihawan - ihaw - -an~
i.ha.wan. - 3 syllables

-an = ihawan
ihawan

ihawan [i.ha.wan.] : abattoir (n.); slaughterhouse (n.)
ihaw [í.haw.] : butcher (v.); slaughter (v.)
Synonyms: matansahan

Derivatives of ihaw


Glosses:
abattoir
n. (artifact)1. abattoir, butchery, shambles, slaughterhousea building where animals are butchered.
~ building, edificea structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place.; "there was a three-story building on the corner"; "it was an imposing edifice"
slaughterhouse
slaughter
n. (act)1. slaughterthe killing of animals (as for food).
~ kill, putting to death, killingthe act of terminating a life.
~ butchering, butcherythe business of a butcher.
n. (event)2. debacle, drubbing, slaughter, thrashing, trouncing, walloping, whippinga sound defeat.
~ defeat, lickingan unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest.; "it was a narrow defeat"; "the army's only defeat"; "they suffered a convincing licking"
n. (act)3. butchery, carnage, mass murder, massacre, slaughterthe savage and excessive killing of many people.
~ murder, slaying, executionunlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being.
~ bloodbath, battue, bloodletting, bloodshedindiscriminate slaughter.; "a bloodbath took place when the leaders of the plot surrendered"; "ten days after the bloodletting Hitler gave the action its name"; "the valley is no stranger to bloodshed and murder"; "a huge prison battue was ordered"
~ alamoa siege and massacre at a mission in San Antonio in 1836; Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged and massacred American rebels who were fighting to make Texas independent of Mexico.
~ battle of little bighorn, battle of the little bighorn, custer's last stand, little bighorna battle in Montana near the Little Bighorn River between United States cavalry under Custer and several groups of Native Americans (1876); Custer was pursuing Sioux led by Sitting Bull; Custer underestimated the size of the Sioux forces (which were supported by Cheyenne warriors) and was killed along with all his command.
v. (contact)4. butcher, slaughterkill (animals) usually for food consumption.; "They slaughtered their only goat to survive the winter"
~ chinecut through the backbone of an animal.
~ killcause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly.; "This man killed several people when he tried to rob a bank"; "The farmer killed a pig for the holidays"
~ cutseparate with or as if with an instrument.; "Cut the rope"
v. (change)5. massacre, mow down, slaughterkill a large number of people indiscriminately.; "The Hutus massacred the Tutsis in Rwanda"
~ killcause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly.; "This man killed several people when he tried to rob a bank"; "The farmer killed a pig for the holidays"