packing plant

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noun

an establishment for processing and packing foods, especially meat, to be sold at wholesale.

Also called packing house.

Origin:
1825–35

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packing plant
noun
a plant where livestock are slaughtered and processed and packed as meat products [syn: packinghouse]

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One is from the pork packing plant to the wholesale distributor to the customer warehouse to the grocery store or restaurant.

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