packinghouse

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packinghouse

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noun packinghouses · packing house

A facility where harvested food is processed into a salable condition. The packinghouse usually delivers shrimp to a few regular customers, such as breaders, freezers, canners, or wholesalers of fresh shrimp.
A slaughterhouse wherein animals are slaughtered and the meat is then processed into smaller cuts.

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@misc{packinghouse_2026,
  title = {packinghouse},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/packinghouse},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}