Packinghouse

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  packinghouse \packinghouse\ n.
     1. A place where foodstuffs are processed and packed; as,
        they came from an apple packinghouse.
        [WordNet 1.5]
  
     2. A plant where livestock are slaughtered and processed and


        packed as meat products.
  
     Syn: packing plant.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  packinghouse
       n 1: a building where foodstuffs are processed and packed; "they
            came from an apple packinghouse"
       2: a plant where livestock are slaughtered and processed and
          packed as meat products [syn: {packing plant}]