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packing plant

American  

noun

  1. an establishment for processing and packing foods, especially meat, to be sold at wholesale.


Etymology

Origin of packing plant

First recorded in 1825–35

Example Sentences

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At a Del Monte packing plant in Costa Rica, workers prepare boxes of Del Monte Gold pineapples for export.

From Science Magazine • Nov. 26, 2024

In his packing plant, Graves Williams, a lifelong Republican, proudly explained the skill, labor, and manpower needed to provide tomatoes across North America, a feat that he says wouldn't be possible without immigrant laborers.

From Salon • Jun. 22, 2023

Vingegaard’s storybook finish is all the more compelling given that three years ago he was working part time in a packing plant in Denmark, gutting and cleaning fish.

From Washington Post • Jul. 24, 2022

"We have to break the old mentality of the packing plant being a sweatshop," Kingsbury said.

From Reuters • Jun. 6, 2022

With the crowd’s attention centered on the next group of strikebreakers being herded into the packing plant, our presence went largely unnoticed.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros