packinghouse

• Sustantivo que designa un establecimiento donde se procesan, sacrifican y empacan para su distribución productos alimenticios, especialmente carne de ganado.

A noun referring to a facility where food products, especially meat from livestock, are processed, slaughtered, and packaged for distribution.

1. Food processing facilityB2formalamericanbusiness

   A building where foodstuffs are processed and packed for distribution or sale.

   Planta procesadora de alimentos

   • The packinghouse processed tons of fruit for export.
   • Workers at the packinghouse sorted and packaged vegetables.
   • The company built a new packinghouse near the farm.

   Sinónimoscannerypacking plant

2. Meat processing plantB2formalamericanbusiness

   A plant where livestock are slaughtered and processed into meat products for packaging.

   Planta procesadora de carne

   • The packinghouse employed hundreds of workers in the slaughterhouse.
   • Beef from the packinghouse was shipped across the country.
   • Safety regulations at the packinghouse were strictly enforced.

   Sinónimosabattoirpacking plantslaughterhouse