My uncle is a butcher and cuts meat at work
he slaughters animals?
He cuts the meat into cooking sized portions
Butcher
A butcher is a person who may slaughter animals, dress their flesh, sell their meat, or participate within any combination of these three tasks. They may prepare standard cuts of meat and poultry for sale in retail or wholesale food establishments. A butcher may be employed by supermarkets, grocery stores, butcher shops and fish markets, slaughter houses, or may be self-employed.
Butchery is an ancient trade, whose duties may date back to the domestication of livestock; its practitioners formed guilds in England as
grocery stores, and fish markets, and these shops may employ a butcher.
A slaughterhouse or abattoir is a facility that specializes in killing animals for meat. A meat cutter prepares primal cuts of meat into smaller portions for retail sale.
Examples.
- London wholesale meat markets:
- Melbourne
- Plaza Juan Ponce de León meat market, Puerto Rico
- The Shambles (Medieval meat markets in York, Stroud and Shepton Mallet)