packinghouse

Other forms: packinghouses

Definitions of packinghouse
  1. noun
    a plant where livestock are slaughtered and processed and packed as meat products
    synonyms: packing plant
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    type of:
    industrial plant, plant, works
    buildings for carrying on industrial labor
  2. noun
    a building where foodstuffs are processed and packed
    “they came from an apple packinghouse”
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    type of:
    building, edifice
    a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place
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