cannery

[ kan-uh-ree ]

/ ˈkæn ə ri /

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noun, plural can·ner·ies.

a factory where foodstuffs, as meat, fish, or fruit are canned.

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Origin of cannery

An Americanism dating back to 1865–70; can² + -ery

Words nearby cannery

cannel coal, cannellini bean, cannelloni, cannelure, canner, cannery, Cannes, cannetille, cannibal, cannibalism, cannibalize

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How to use cannery in a sentence

The church constructed Welfare Square, complete with a 178-foot-tall grain silo and a dairy processing plant, cannery and bakery.
Utah Makes Welfare So Hard to Get, Some Feel They Must Join the LDS Church to Get Aid|by Eli Hager, photography by Kim Raff for ProPublica|December 2, 2021|ProPublica
However, the vast majority of these immigrants found that the only jobs open to them were in cannery and farm work.
11 Moments From Asian American History That You Should Know|Olivia B. Waxman|April 30, 2021|Time
The smell from the guns was everywhere inside the abandoned cannery.
Eyewitness to the Firing Squad|Lawrence Schiller|April 25, 2010|DAILY BEAST
It was cold, with snow on the ground, as I walked into an abandoned cannery behind the Utah State Prison in Draper, Utah.
Eyewitness to the Firing Squad|Lawrence Schiller|April 25, 2010|DAILY BEAST

The cannery, cold storage plant and village of Kildonan are built on the harbour.
Indian Legends of Vancouver Island|Alfred Carmichael
A cannery looking nearly new stood at the top of a tall dock on stilts.
Over the Rocky Mountains to Alaska|Charles Warren Stoddard
The second cannery was located at Harpswell about the year 1849.
The Lobster Fishery of Maine.|John N. Cobb
In 1879 a steamer which had no well was used to run lobsters to the cannery at Castine.
The Lobster Fishery of Maine.|John N. Cobb
The cannery steamships carry passengers on a fairly regular schedule to Vancouver.
North of Fifty-Three|Bertrand W. Sinclair

British Dictionary definitions for cannery

cannery

/ (ˈkænərɪ) /

noun plural -neries

a place where foods are canned

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