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BUCH-uh/ˈbʊtʃə/

A butcher is a person or shop that prepares and sells meat. A greengrocer sells fruit and vegetables; a baker sells bread. High streets: the butcher closed on Mondays; the supermarket did not.

Meaning

A person or shop that prepares and sells meat.

Examples

• “The high-street butcher closed on Mondays; the supermarket did not.”
• “A butcher’s counter in a supermarket is still a butcher’s stall, not a deli by default.”

Good to know

a butcher; the butcher’s (the shop). Contrast: a baker / a greengrocer. High street. Countable people or shops. Mix-up: to butcher (to ruin) is a different verb sense — extra.

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