packinghouse

English

Alternative forms

• packing house

Etymology

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.