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packhouse

packhouse

5.6
A building where people sort and pack fruit or vegetables for sale
  • noun
  • /ˈpækˌhaʊs/
  • Australian
translation icon : planta de empaquetado
  • The packhouse is busy during harvest season.

Examples

  • Each packhouse must meet strict hygiene standards to ensure food safety.

  • After harvest, workers spent long hours in the packhouse preparing produce for shipment.

  • The apples were taken to the packhouse to be sorted and packed for delivery.

  • Many packhouses operate in this region.

  • The workers in the packhouse carefully sorted and packaged the apples for shipping.

  • After the harvest, the vegetables were transported to the packhouse to be prepared for sale.

  • The new packhouse at the farm allows us to process more produce each day.

Synonyms

packinghouse
vspackhouse
  • US
1 7.3

A building where food like fruit or meat is cleaned and packed to send to shops

is narrower, focusing on sorting and packing only fruit and vegetables
shipping room
vspackhouse
3.0

A room where workers pack and prepare boxes to send

is a separate building that sorts and packs fruit and vegetables

How Big

warehouse
332 1.4
packing plant
  • US
5 3.2
packhouse
  • Australian
5.6
shed
159 1.0
stall
38 1.0

Surface Forms

packhouse singular
packhouses plural

Morphology

packhouse = pack + house (transparent) = pack + house

The compound is a straightforward combination of 'pack' and 'house' meaning a building where packing occurs.

Etymology

Packhouse is a simple compound of pack ('to put things together for sending') and house ('building'). So a packhouse is a building where fruit or vegetables are sorted and packed for shipment.