meatpacking

noun

meat·​pack·​ing ˈmēt-ˌpa-kiŋ 

: the wholesale meat industry

Examples of meatpacking in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Several meatpacking plants in the Kansas cities of Dodge City, Liberal and Garden City typically process thousands of cattle every day, but Mabinger said some had to shut down temporarily and send cattle back to feedlots. — Heather Hollingsworth, Fortune, 26 Sep. 2026

Moreno de Armas was living in Miami with his family and working at a meatpacking plant when federal immigration authorities detained him last May. — Laura Romero, ABC News, 16 Sep. 2026

After a 2018 raid at a Tennessee meatpacking plant, detained workers alleging racial profiling, excessive force and unlawful arrest – some under the FTCA – settled with the government for more than $1 million, the workers’ attorneys said. — Hanna Park, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2026

Twenty years later, Kopple embedded herself in Austin, Minnesota and covered the strike against the Hormel meatpacking plant enacted by 1,500 unionized workers, who had recently shouldered a significant wage decrease and benefit cut. — Vikram Murthi, IndieWire, 9 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1857, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for meatpacking

• attacking
• backpacking
• backtracking
• hijacking
• kayaking
• ransacking
• repacking
• unpacking
• backing
• blacking
• clacking
• cracking