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packinghouses

packinghouses is the plural of packinghouse.

Meaning of packinghouse

Noun

packinghouse (plural packinghouses)

  1. A facility where harvested food is processed into a salable condition.
    • The packinghouse usually delivers shrimp to a few regular customers, such as breaders, freezers, canners, or wholesalers of fresh shrimp.1976, USITC Publication - Issue 773, page A-33
  2. A slaughterhouse wherein animals are slaughtered and the meat is then processed into smaller cuts.

Questions about packinghouses

What is packinghouses the plural of?
Packinghouses is the plural of packinghouse.

Words near packinghouses in the dictionary

  1. packing-case
  2. packing-cases
  3. packing-needle
  4. packing-needles
  5. packinghouse
  6. packinghouses
  7. packingless
  8. packings
  9. Packingtown
  10. packless
  11. packlike

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