cannery
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cannery
a place where food is canned: The cannery produced several thousand cans of food a day.
Not to be confused with:
canary – a yellow songbird native to the Canary Islands; a stool pigeon, informer: The traitor sang like a canary.
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can·ner·y
(kăn′ə-rē)n. pl. can·ner·ies
A factory where fish, vegetables, or other foods are canned.
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cannery
(ˈkænərɪ)n, pl -neries
a place where foods are canned
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can•ner•y
(ˈkæn ə ri)n., pl. -ner•ies.
a factory where foodstuffs, as meat, fish, or fruit, are canned.
[1865–70, Amer.]
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Noun | 1. | ![]() factory, manufactory, manufacturing plant, mill - a plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing |
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Translations
مَصْنَع تَعْليب
konzervárna
konservesfabrik
konzervgyár
niîursuîuverksmiîja
konzerváreň
konserve fabrikası
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cannery
n (US) → Konservenfabrik f
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can2
(kӕn) noun a metal container for liquids and many types of food. oil-can; beer-can; six cans of beer.
verb – past tense, past participle canned – to put (especially food) into cans, usually to preserve it. a factory for canning raspberries.
canned adjective put in cans. canned peas.
ˈcannery – plural ˈcanneries – noun a factory where goods are canned.
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