Definition of Cannery

1. Noun. A factory where food is canned.

Generic synonyms: Factory, Manufactory, Manufacturing Plant, Mill
Derivative terms: Can

Definition of Cannery

1. n. A place where the business of canning fruit, meat, etc., is carried on.

Definition of Cannery

1. Noun. A factory that produces canned goods. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cannery

1. a place where food is canned [n -NERIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cannery

canned responses
cannel
cannel coal
cannellini
cannellini bean
cannelloni
cannelon
cannelons
cannels
cannelure
cannelured
cannelures
canner
canneries
canners
cannery (current term)
cannet
cannibal
cannibal mound
cannibalic
cannibalisation
cannibalisations
cannibalise
cannibalised
cannibalises
cannibalising
cannibalism
cannibalisms
cannibalistic
cannibalistically

Literary usage of Cannery

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Reports of the Department of Commerce and Labor 1904-1912: Report of the by Dept. of Commerce and Labor, United States (1905)
"It was intended to close about September 15. ADDITIONS TO LAST SEASON'S PACKING PLANTS. The North Alaska Salmon Company added another cannery to its group ..."

2. Federal Income Tax, War-profits and Excess-profits Taxes: Including Stamp by George Edwin Holmes (1920)
"Mill, cannery, Workshop, Factory or Manufacturing Establishment. In the case of these establishments the tax applies if (a) any child between the ages of 14 ..."

3. Session Laws of the State of Washington by Washington (State) (1905)
"for license before commencing the season's packing, as follows: For each cannery packing less than ten thousand cases per annum $100.00 For each cannery ..."

4. Annual Report: Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Oregon State by Oregon State Horticultural Society (1918)
"cannery is here and will give us some ideas along this line. ... President: In order to run most any kind of a cannery you must have a diversification of ..."

5. Missionary Review of the World by James Lutzweiler (1901)
"... cannery. wliich is so close akin to godliness. Instead of huts in which men, women, and children were huddled together, making impossible either ..."

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