Definition of Packinghouse

1. Noun. A building where foodstuffs are processed and packed. "They came from an apple packinghouse"

Generic synonyms: Building, Edifice

2. Noun. A plant where livestock are slaughtered and processed and packed as meat products.
Exact synonyms: Packing Plant
Generic synonyms: Industrial Plant, Plant, Works

Definition of Packinghouse

1. Noun. A factory-like facility for the butchering of meat animals, processing the meat into smaller cuts. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Packinghouse

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Packinghouse

packhouses
packie
packies
packing
packing-case
packing box
packing case
packing fudge
packing heat
packing material
packing needle
packing nut
packing on
packing plant
packing process
packinghouse (current term)
packinghouses
packings
packlike
packly
packman
packmate
packmates
packmen
packness
packnesses
packrat
packrats
packrattery
packs

Literary usage of Packinghouse

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

1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1910)
"It was further contended that, if this were not correct, nevertheless the ordinance of the city of Augusta providing for a "packinghouse inspector" and for ..."

2. A Ranchman's Recollections: An Autobiography in which Unfamiliar Facts by Frank S. Hastings (1921)
"A lot of negro women and children could always be seen coming from the packinghouse, carrying fresh livers, hearts and kidneys, which were given away. ..."

3. A Ranchman's Recollections: An Autobiography in which Unfamiliar Facts by Frank S. Hastings (1921)
"A lot of negro women and children could always be seen coming from the packinghouse, carrying fresh livers, hearts and kidneys, which were given away. ..."

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