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PACKINGHOUSE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A plant where livestock are slaughtered and processed and packed as meat products
Synonyms:
packing plant; packinghouse
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("packinghouse" is a kind of...):
industrial plant; plant; works (buildings for carrying on industrial labor)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A building where foodstuffs are processed and packed
Example:
they came from an apple packinghouse
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("packinghouse" is a kind of...):
building; edifice (a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place)
