meat packing

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noun

the business or industry of slaughtering cattle and other meat animals and processing the carcasses for sale, sometimes including the packaging of processed meat products.

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Origin of meat packing

An Americanism dating back to 1870–75

OTHER WORDS FROM meat packing

meat packer, noun

Words nearby meat packing

meato-, meatoplasty, meatorrhaphy, meatoscopy, meatotomy, meat packing, meatspace, meat tea, meatus, meat wagon, meaty

How to use meat packing in a sentence

Just as all the people working in meat packing plants would be out of a job if cultured meat goes mainstream, farmers all over the world would be left without an income if lab-grown coffee were to replace the real thing.
Scientists Are on a Quest to Create the Perfect Cup of Coffee—Without the Beans|Vanessa Bates Ramirez|October 22, 2021|Singularity Hub
The town sits at the intersection of a road leading north to the meat packing plants of Smithfield and south to the paper mill of Franklin.
Hurting in Windsor: How a viral police pepper-spray incident has illuminated racial tensions in a small Virginia town|Gregory S. Schneider|April 15, 2021|Washington Post
According to Digital Trends, since the start of the pandemic we have seen a significant increase in automation efforts in manufacturing, meat packing, grocery stores and more.
Is the Pandemic Spurring a Robot Revolution?|Marius Robles|November 30, 2020|Singularity Hub
The smell of grilled meat mixes with the exotic wafts of cinnamon tea served with a mush of sweet brown dessert.
The Photographer Who Gave Up Manhattan for Marrakech|Liza Foreman|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST

Limbaugh makes comments like this because his right-wing fans require a non–stop diet of race-baiting red meat.
Rush Limbaugh’s Fear of a Black James Bond|Dean Obeidallah|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Chickens require significantly less land, water, and energy than all other meat options except farmed salmon.
The History of the Chicken: How This Humble Bird Saved Humanity|William O’Connor|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In March, police arrested a group of wealthy businessmen and government officials who were about to dine on illegal tiger meat.
China’s Internet Is Freer Than You Think|Brendon Hong|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Those raised for their meat (200 million tons of it a year) can barely walk because their breasts have been so enlarged.
The History of the Chicken: How This Humble Bird Saved Humanity|William O’Connor|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The sailors sometimes use it to fry their meat, for want of butter, and find it agreeable enough.
The Life and Most Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner (1801)|Daniel Defoe
Their method of curing the leaves was to air-dry them and then packing them until wanted for use.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
The camp grew still, except for the rough and ready cook pottering about the fire, boiling buffalo-meat and mixing biscuit-dough.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
Nothing doubtful or "reputed" ever arrived in the huge packing-cases consigned to Walls End Castle.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
A few years back it was partly turned into a depot for American meat, but is now simply used for warehouses.
Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham|Thomas T. Harman and Walter Showell