Lexic.us

Definition of Packinghouse

1. Noun. A building where foodstuffs are processed and packed. "They came from an apple packinghouse"

2. Noun. A plant where livestock are slaughtered and processed and packed as meat products.

Definition of Packinghouse

1. Noun. A factory-like facility for the butchering of meat animals, processing the meat into smaller cuts. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Packinghouse

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Packinghouse

packhouses packie packies packing packing-case packing box packing case packing fudge packing heat packing material

packing needle packing nut packing on packing plant packing process packinghouse (current term) packinghouses packings packlike packly

packman packmate packmates packmen packness packnesses packrat packrats packrattery packs

Literary usage of Packinghouse

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1910)
"It was further contended that, if this were not correct, nevertheless the ordinance of the city of Augusta providing for a "packinghouse inspector" and for ..."

2. A Ranchman's Recollections: An Autobiography in which Unfamiliar Facts by Frank S. Hastings (1921)
"A lot of negro women and children could always be seen coming from the packinghouse, carrying fresh livers, hearts and kidneys, which were given away. ..."

3. A Ranchman's Recollections: An Autobiography in which Unfamiliar Facts by Frank S. Hastings (1921)
"A lot of negro women and children could always be seen coming from the packinghouse, carrying fresh livers, hearts and kidneys, which were given away. ..."

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