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cannery

[ kan-uh-ree ]

noun

, plural can·ner·ies.
  1. a factory where foodstuffs, as meat, fish, or fruit are canned. can.


cannery

/ ˈkænərɪ /

noun

  1. a place where foods are canned


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Word History and Origins

Origin of cannery1

An Americanism dating back to 1865–70; can 2 + -ery

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Example Sentences

The smell from the guns was everywhere inside the abandoned cannery.

It was cold, with snow on the ground, as I walked into an abandoned cannery behind the Utah State Prison in Draper, Utah.

The cannery, cold storage plant and village of Kildonan are built on the harbour.

A cannery looking nearly new stood at the top of a tall dock on stilts.

The second cannery was located at Harpswell about the year 1849.

In 1879 a steamer which had no well was used to run lobsters to the cannery at Castine.

The cannery steamships carry passengers on a fairly regular schedule to Vancouver.

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