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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

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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

"It is a tragedy, we are dealing with another death at a meat packing plant," Lincoln Cordeiro told Reuters.

From Reuters Jun. 4, 2022

That farmer, Willis Jones, 65, said that in the early 2000s, he joined several hundred other farmers in investing a total of $12 million to reopen a packing plant in Tama, northeast of Des Moines.

From New York Times Jan. 15, 2022

In 2008, the accumulated dust at a sugar packing plant in Port Wentworth, Georgia, had grown inches deep in places.

From Salon Sep. 11, 2021

As we drove past the packing plant and into downtown Tangerine, Henry D. started to tell me about last year’s game with Lake Windsor.

From "Tangerine" by Edward Bloor

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