packing plant
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of packing plant
First recorded in 1825–35
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
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
She called her husband, who was working an overnight shift about 20 miles away at a garlic packing plant in Gilroy, and then quickly collected important documents, like birth certificates and Social Security cards.
From New York Times ● Mar. 14, 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
"It is a tragedy, we are dealing with another death at a meat packing plant," Lincoln Cordeiro told Reuters.
From Reuters ● Jun. 4, 2022
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
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
