cannery

[ kan-uh-ree ]

noun

, plural can·ner·ies.

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

cannery

/ ˈkænərɪ /

noun

1. a place where foods are canned

Word History and Origins

Origin of cannery¹

An Americanism dating back to 1865–70; can ² + -ery

Example Sentences

The church constructed Welfare Square, complete with a 178-foot-tall grain silo and a dairy processing plant, cannery and bakery.

From ProPublica

However, the vast majority of these immigrants found that the only jobs open to them were in cannery and farm work.

From Time

The smell from the guns was everywhere inside the abandoned cannery.

From The 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.

From The Daily Beast

The cannery, cold storage plant and village of Kildonan are built on the harbour.

From Project Gutenberg

A cannery looking nearly new stood at the top of a tall dock on stilts.

From Project Gutenberg

The second cannery was located at Harpswell about the year 1849.

From Project Gutenberg

In 1879 a steamer which had no well was used to run lobsters to the cannery at Castine.

From Project Gutenberg

The cannery steamships carry passengers on a fairly regular schedule to Vancouver.

From Project Gutenberg