boucherie
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.34 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A social event at which people gather to butcher and make food from an animal, especially a pig.
noun
A butchershop, especially one in a French-speaking area, and especially one which specializes in pork.
Example Sentences
- "It is not unusual for guests to contribute side dishes at a boucherie or cochon de lait, or to bring beer, or to donate money to help pay for a sack of crawfish. The participants in a boucherie work hard for hours at various tasks,[…]"
- "She'd been chopping ribs at a boucherie, when they killed a whole pig with Lanier, who raised hogs on the other side of the river. A lightning strike startled her, and the ax took off part of that finger. Grady's finger."
- "At a boucherie, animals are slaughtered and readied for sale—and for Cajuns, a day of boucherie is an art form and family affair. This mirrors Acadian life. Every part of the pig is preserved, cooked, or turned into sausages;[…]"
- "In Félines (a river, a waterfall, a church—altitude, 3,000 feet; population, 1,612), we bought charcuterie at a boucherie. The village had two. Few places celebrated the pig more than the Ardèche, Daniel explained."
- "Grace Damas had worked at a boucherie. The killer used a chef's saw, knew something about anatomy. Tanguay dissected animals. Maybe there was a link. I looked for the name of the boucherie but couldn't find it."
Etymology
From French boucherie (“butchershop”), and in American usage (for the event), from Cajun French boucherie.
Origin
- Source language: French
Word Breakdown
- Root: boucherie