PACKINGHOUSE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does packinghouse mean? 

• PACKINGHOUSE (noun)
  The noun PACKINGHOUSE has 2 senses:

1. a building where foodstuffs are processed and packed

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

  Familiarity information: PACKINGHOUSE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PACKINGHOUSE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A building where foodstuffs are processed and packed

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Context example:

they came from an apple packinghouse

Hypernyms ("packinghouse" is a kind of...):

building; edifice (a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

packing plant; packinghouse

Hypernyms ("packinghouse" is a kind of...):

industrial plant; plant; works (buildings for carrying on industrial labor)