cannery

A noun referring to a factory or industrial facility where food, especially fruits, vegetables, or fish, is processed and sealed in cans for preservation.

• 🇩🇪Ein Industriebetrieb, in dem Lebensmittel wie Obst, Gemüse oder Fisch verarbeitet und in Konservendosen oder -gläser haltbar gemacht werden.

1. Food processing factory B2 formal

   A factory or plant where food is preserved and sealed in cans.

   • The cannery processes thousands of tons of tuna each year.
   • He worked at a salmon cannery in Alaska during the summer.
   • The old cannery was converted into a museum.

   🇩🇪Konservenfabrik

   Synonyme: packing plant

• canneries plural form
• canneries' possessive plural form
• cannery's possessive singular form