meat packer
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2.9
- noun
- /miːt ˈpækər/
:
empacador de carne
- After the cattle were inspected, the meat packer processed them into packaged products for distribution.
- meat packer and poultry workers
- large meat packers
Examples
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We also ask... that you watch over the Mansbridge meat packers and their labor dispute.
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He eventually got married and settled in Texas, where he worked as an agent for a meat packer.
Fiction book (1999) -
Looks like the meat packers union.
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This curbs the growth of jobs, but there will be some growth for meat packers.
Academic text (2012) -
It seemed hard back then to imagine clubs, these kinds of clubs, without the meat packers.
Fiction book (1994) -
They were meat packers.
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Meat packers like IBP, National Beef and Monfort began actively recruiting in Mexico.
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A splash of light illuminates fecal contamination too small to be detected by the eye on a beef carcass as it moves down the production line, immediately alerting the meat packer to a potential problem.
Academic text (2005) -
The local meat packer supplies fresh steaks and sausages to various restaurants in the area.
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As a leading meat packer, the company ensures high standards of quality and safety in all their meat products.
Synonyms
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5.2
A person or company that prepares meat and puts it into boxes for sale
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3.3
A person or business that kills animals and prepares meat for sale
How Large
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'meat' (animal flesh) + 'packer' (someone who packs or processes goods) yields a person or company that packs/processes meat. This noun+agent pattern is common and cross-linguistically transparent, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Meat packer comes from the literal job of workers who handle meat and put it into boxes and wraps to send to shops and markets. That's why today meat packer means a person or company that 'prepares and packs meat for sale'.