PACKINGHOUSE

packinghouse, packing plant

(noun) a plant where livestock are slaughtered and processed and packed as meat products

packinghouse

(noun) a building where foodstuffs are processed and packed; “they came from an apple packinghouse”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

packinghouse (plural packinghouses)

A factory-like facility for the butchering of meat animals, processing the meat into smaller cuts.

Source: Wiktionary



RESET




Word of the Day

2 July 2025

RESTITUTION

(noun) getting something back again; “upon the restitution of the book to its rightful owner the child was given a tongue lashing”


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Coffee Trivia

In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.

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