packinghouse

English

Alternative forms

  • packing house

Etymology

From packing +‎ house.

Noun

packinghouse (plural packinghouses)

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