meatpacking

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noun meat·pack·ing \ˈmēt-ˌpa-kiŋ\

Definition of meatpacking

: the wholesale meat industry

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Recent Examples of meatpacking from the Web

Kearney County Hospital is working with Tyson Foods, which employs translators at its meatpacking plant outside Garden City, to help find the volunteers for the program.

— Washington Post, "Kansas program to help immigrants navigate driving exams", 4 June 2017
Located in the once-gritty meatpacking district on the Near West Side, the plant is now something of an anachronism amid the trendy restaurants, bars and office buildings that have sprung up in recent years.

— robert channick, chicagotribune.com, "ADM to close Fulton Market wheat mill for new LaSalle County plant", 2 June 2017
The gentrification of the meatpacking district, where Jeffrey New York opened in 1999, spilled into the far West Village, turning the area into a shopping and dining playground.

— steven kurutz, New York Times, "Bleecker Street’s Swerve From Luxe Shops to Vacant Stores", 31 May 2017
JBS executives told prosecutors in Brazil that the meatpacking company paid a total of $123 million in bribes to the country’s politicians over recent years.

— WSJ, "Corrections & Amplifications", 21 May 2017

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