noun
Refers to a facility where animals are slaughtered for meat. The term can be sensitive due to the nature of the place.
この地域には大きな屠殺場がある。
There is a large slaughterhouse in this area.
屠殺場の労働環境が問題
The working conditions at slaughterhouses have become an issue.
Compound of 屠殺 (tosatsu, 'slaughter') and 場 (jō, 'place'). The exact historical derivation is straightforward.