packinghouse
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7.3
- noun
- /ˈpækɪŋˌhaʊs/
- US
:
planta de empaquetado
- The workers at the packinghouse carefully sorted and boxed the freshly harvested apples for distribution.
- packinghouse worker
Examples
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The work stoppage at Wilson's was just one among many examples of black packinghouse workers' early participation in the militant new unionism of the CIO.
Academic text (2000) -
Since most consumers won't accept the occasional worm in the apple, growers and fruit packinghouses lose money if infestation rates are high.
Academic text (1997) -
At the packinghouse, papayas are placed in a chamber typically made of stainless steel.
Academic text (1998) -
In the last dozen years, the number of packinghouses dropped by two-thirds.
Blog text (4) -
A new packinghouse for Kauai, expected to be up and running in 1998, will boast two new hot-forced-air units.
Academic text (1998) -
Around the farm and in the packinghouse, methyl bromide performs a host of fumigation chores.
Academic text (1995) -
The city's black packinghouse workers in the non-union 1920s resisted exploitation and discrimination in the workplace in more informal, subtle ways.
Academic text (2000) -
His lunch-hour speeches in the packinghouse district brilliantly ridiculed the packers and preached interracial working-class solidarity.
Academic text (2000) -
After the fruit was processed at the packinghouse, it was shipped out to grocery stores across the country.
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Every morning, trucks deliver crates of oranges to the packinghouse where they are packed for export.
Synonyms
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3.2
A place where animals are killed and prepared to be eaten
5
3.2
A factory that kills and packs animals to sell as meat
A building where people sort and pack fruit or vegetables for sale
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Morphology
Etymology
The word packinghouse comes from pack ('to put things into boxes or crates') and house ('building'), and you can see the same root in package. So, it literally means a building where food is packed to be sent.