packing plant
Americannoun
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
"It is a tragedy, we are dealing with another death at a meat packing plant," Lincoln Cordeiro told Reuters.
From Reuters • Jun. 4, 2022
The business includes an orchard and a packing plant, but its heart is an enormous sales and distribution operation that buys almonds from growers throughout California and exports them around the world.
From New York Times • Apr. 20, 2022
Storm Lake has a meat packing plant, and she's the journalist who writes for all six to eight towns around Iowa that read her paper.
From Salon • Nov. 15, 2021
We drove past the lime green houses and the citrus packing plant.
From "Tangerine" by Edward Bloor
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