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packinghouse

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pack·ing·house  (pkng-hous)
n.
1. A firm that slaughters, processes, and packs livestock into meat and meat products.
2. A firm that processes and packs food products other than meat.
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Noun1.packinghouse - a building where foodstuffs are processed and packed; "they came from an apple packinghouse"
building, edifice - a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place; "there was a three-story building on the corner"; "it was an imposing edifice"
2.packinghouse - a plant where livestock are slaughtered and processed and packed as meat productspackinghouse - a plant where livestock are slaughtered and processed and packed as meat products
industrial plant, plant, works - buildings for carrying on industrial labor; "they built a large plant to manufacture automobiles"


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