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PRONUNCIATION OF KNACKERY

knackery  [ˈnækərɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF KNACKERY

noun
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verb
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preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Knackery is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES KNACKERY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Knacker

A knacker is a person in the trade of rendering animals that have died on farms or are unfit for human consumption, such as horses that can no longer work. This leads to the slang expression "knackered" meaning very tired, or "ready for the knacker's yard", where old horses are slaughtered and the by-products are sent for rendering. A knacker's yard or knackery is different from a slaughterhouse, where animals are slaughtered for human consumption. In most countries Knackery premises are regulated by law. A horse carcass, rendered, had many uses. In the U.S., the meat could end up in the food at a mink ranch or fox farm, or a greyhound race track, or for pet food, or to a pig farm. Bones were ground up for bone meal fertilizer. Hides went to leather and joints processed to make glue for the furniture and paper trades. However, in modern usage, especially in Ireland, the word has come to describe both those from lower-class backgrounds who tend to engage in anti-social behaviour, as well as those of an Irish Traveller background. In this sense, the usage of the word "knacker" is akin to the usage of the term "chav" in England and ned in Scotland.

Definition of knackery in the English dictionary

The definition of knackery in the dictionary is a slaughterhouse for horses.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH KNACKERY


apothecary
əˈpɒθɪkərɪ
bakery
ˈbeɪkərɪ
cookery
ˈkʊkərɪ
crockery
ˈkrɒkərɪ
daquiri
ˈdækərɪ
flackery
ˈflækərɪ
flickery
ˈflɪkərɪ
geekery
ˈɡiːkərɪ
gimcrackery
ˈdʒɪmˌkrækərɪ
hackery
ˈhækərɪ
hickory
ˈhɪkərɪ
knick-knackery
ˈnɪkˌnækərɪ
mockery
ˈmɒkərɪ
nick-nackery
ˌnɪkˈnækərɪ
quackery
ˈkwækərɪ
Terpsichore
tɜːpˈsɪkərɪ
Thackeray
ˈθækərɪ
trickery
ˈtrɪkərɪ
vicary
ˈvɪkərɪ
Zachary
ˈzækərɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE KNACKERY

knack
knacked
knacker
knacker´s yard
knackered
knackers
knackiness
knackish
knackwurst
knacky
knag
knagginess
knaggy
knap
knapped
knapper
knapping
knapping hammer
knapsack
knapweed

WORDS THAT END LIKE KNACKERY

brokery
cankery
comstockery
control freakery
crookery
dukery
fakery
henpeckery
huckery
jiggery-pokery
monkery
mountebankery
peacockery
pickery
puckery
rockery
rookery
self-mockery
snickery
whiskery

Synonyms and antonyms of knackery in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «knackery» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF KNACKERY

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The translations of knackery from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «knackery» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

knackery
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

knackery
570 millions of speakers

English

knackery
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

knackery
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

knackery
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Разборка
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

knackery
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

knackery
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

équarrissage
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Knackery
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

knackery
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

knackery
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

knackery
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Knackery
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lò làm thịt ngựa
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

knackery
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

निपुण
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

knackery
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

knackery
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

knackery
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

розбирання
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ecarisare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

knackery
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

perd vilder
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

knackery
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

knackery
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of knackery

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «KNACKERY»

The term «knackery» is used very little and occupies the 156.735 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «KNACKERY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «knackery» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «knackery» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about knackery

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «KNACKERY»

Discover the use of knackery in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to knackery and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Branigan
He'd been poking around the previous weekend and, passing the knackery, he'd noticed an old grey in the neighbouring field with a bit more life in it than he'd expected. Martin didn't know whether the man was serious, or making a fool of him, ...
Filton Hebbard, 2000
2
Minima Moralia: Reflections on a Damaged Life
... in the old dignity, it exudes the lie that was always latent in it: that of naming the impenetrable, predicating the subjectless, incorporating the unassimilable. In contemporary consciousness, however, the truth and untruth of 231 Knackery.
Theodor W. Adorno, 2005
3
Acts of the Parliament, Commonwealth of Australia
14 Division 2— Knackeries and Animal Food Processing Plants Slaughter and destruction of knackery animals at knackeries 14. (1) Without limiting the generality of subsection 20 (1), the regulations may: (a) prohibit absolutely the slaughter ...
Australia, 1979
4
Any Kind of Danger: Building Our Connection with Animals. a ...
... drink in a deep trough between paddocks While doing this, she had got her head stuck under a wire across the trough and drowned Dusty could have left it at that, but the dairy company had an arrangement with the local knackery for any  ...
Rowan Blogg, 2012
5
Ottemiller's Index to Plays in Collections: An Author and ...
See Knackery for All The Knacker's ABC. See Knackery for All Knackery for All. 1944. Estrin, M., translator PLAC Variant titles: L'équarrissage pour tous; The Knacker's ABC Le Schmürz. See The Empire Builders VICHITVADAKARN, LUANG, ...
John Henry Ottemiller, Denise L. Montgomery, 2011
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The English dialect dictionary
KNICK—KNACKERY Lth. A callant joined their forenoon walks, An' humour'd a' their auld knick-nacks Right lea] an' kind, BALLANTINE Perms [1856) it. 2. A precise person; one who is clever and careful In doing delicate work. Cld. l_lAl\l.
Joseph Wright
7
The local government reports of Australia
definitions of the words “abattoir” and “knackery”. The word “abattoir” is defined in the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary as “a public slaughter-house for cattle”. “ Slaughter-house” is defined therein as meaning “a house or place where animals  ...
‎1984
8
Can One Live After Auschwitz?: A Philosophical Reader
... Bacon's treatise Novum Organum. 1. Marx, Capital, 1: 622. 2. Georg Lukacs, History and Class Consciousness, trans. Rodney Livingstone (London: Merlin, 1971), p. 100. Knackery. 1. Charles Peguy, Men and Saints, trans. Anne Green and ...
Rolf Tiedemann, 2003
9
Ironmongers: The Jura City Trilogy
The. Knackery. Leaving the field of roses behind, Maran walked to the Court of Tythia betweengigantic moundsofjunk. Those piles were composed entirely of usable things. Shesawshirts,pants, shoes, swords, coins, and other such things all ...
Douglas Milewski, 2013
10
Acts of the Oireachtas as Promulgated
to knackery licences to the local authority within whose functional area the knackery concerned is situate. (4) Notwithstanding the generality of subsection (3 ) of this section, Regulations under that subsection may make provision for all or any ...
Ireland, 1988

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «KNACKERY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term knackery is used in the context of the following news items.
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AACo relaxed with less exposure to 'volatile' live export market
... is benefiting from both robust beef prices and its transformation to a packaged beef exporter via its new Livingstone knackery near Darwin. «The Australian, Jul 15»
2
Windamere Horse Haven: Behind the scenes of South Australia's …
"We focus on horses that are heading towards the knackery [slaughter house] that are no longer used for racing, or people can't afford to keep ... «ABC Online, Jul 15»
3
Tagging rules being flouted
Cattle being dispatched to a saleyard, scale, abattoir, knackery, show or any other property must be identified with an NLIS electronic ear tag or ... «The Australian Dairyfarmer, Jun 15»
4
'Headless man' off to knackery
THE western Queensland town known for its public art is sending one of its pieces to the knackery. Eagles in nests of railway iron, galvanised ... «Queensland Country Life, Jun 15»
5
Co Louth case confirmed as classic BSE case in a single animal
The farmer took the animal to a knackery. The correct tests were carried out and the carcase held until results came back. The animal was not ... «Farming Life, Jun 15»
6
Vet Cindy Cattach at Cindy's Promise Rescue and Rehab Sanctuary …
... nurse and founder of Cindy's Promise Rescue and Rehab Sanctuary in Wollert is on a mission to save horses and ponies from the knackery. «Herald Sun, Jun 15»
7
Janiak's drinking buddy showed his class
Which means the gelding was only a bid or two above the knackery price. Under Janiak's skilful tutelage, the gelding took his prizemoney ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jun 15»
8
Snapshot of Nelson on a quietly busy weekend
This is Nelson in the throes of a perpetual spring-clean, tossing out toys, bedding, pictures, furniture, carpets, pots and pans and knick-knackery ... «Nelson Mail, Jun 15»
9
Warrnambool Racing Club confident jumps racing changes to …
... and are unable to continue their racing careers which often renders them worthless, so they're sent to the knackery and killed for dog meat.". «ABC Local, May 15»
10
dairy cow dies from anthrax in northern Victoria
During that outbreak, a 34-year-old knackery worker was treated at hospital after contracting skin anthrax from working with infected cattle. «ABC Online, Feb 15»

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