packinghouse

IPA: pˈækɪŋhaʊs

A facility where harvested food is processed into a salable condition.
A slaughterhouse wherein animals are slaughtered, and the meat is then processed into smaller cuts.

Examples of "packinghouse" in Sentences

I could barely discern what was left of the packinghouse.
What had happened to the Ashburns, who had gone to the packinghouse for safety?
Back at the site near the old packinghouse I laid Rudy down where Jewel could see him.
I noticed that a group of people had gathered near the packinghouse next to the train station.
There are no data on the number of full-time, year-round agricultural workers, such as packinghouse employees.
Dual allegiance was found in 73% of packinghouse employees, 88% of union stewards, and 57% of company supervisors Purcell, 1953.
As we passed the train station, the lights from our truck revealed people struggling along the railroad bed toward the station or the packinghouse.
Purcell 1953 found that packinghouse employees were more ready to blame their lower-status supervisors than their top managers for difficulties entailed in trying to comply with directions.