Noun: packinghouse 'pa-king,haws
- A building where foodstuffs are processed and packed
"they came from an apple packinghouse"
- A plant where livestock are slaughtered and processed and packed as meat products
"The packinghouse employed hundreds of workers to process beef and pork";
- packing plant
Derived forms: packinghouses
Type of: building, edifice, industrial plant, plant, works
Encyclopedia: Packinghouse