tannery
noun
a place where tanning is carried on.
tanneries
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pluralof tannery.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The city is Morocco’s most widely visited destination, known for its palaces, spice markets, tanneries and Jemaa El Fna, its noisy square full of food vendors and musicians.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 10, 2023
Pittards, based in Yeovil, Somerset, was founded in 1826 and has tanneries in Ethiopia.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2023
It was founded by companies including Nike, Adidas and Timberland, and focuses on certifying tanneries based on environmental responsibility metrics.
From New York Times ● Feb. 5, 2022
The town had many tanneries, leading Broca to theorize that Leborgne’s use of the syllable tan was related to his home.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 21, 2021
When we were out past the tanneries onto the main road the troops, the motor trucks, the horse-drawn carts and the guns were in one wide slow-moving column.
From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway
