packinghouse


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pack·ing·house

 (păk′ĭng-hous′)
n.
1. A firm that slaughters, processes, and packs livestock into meat and meat products.
2. A firm that processes and packs food products other than meat.
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

packinghouse

(ˈpækɪŋˌhaʊs)
n
a building where foodstuffs are packed
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.packinghouse - a building where foodstuffs are processed and packed; "they came from an apple packinghouse"
building,edifice - a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place; "there was a three-story building on the corner"; "it was an imposing edifice"
2.packinghouse - a plant where livestock are slaughtered and processed and packed as meat productspackinghouse - a plant where livestock are slaughtered and processed and packed as meat products
industrial plant,plant,works - buildings for carrying on industrial labor; "they built a large plant to manufacture automobiles"
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.


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