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

There will be presentations on edible berries, small grain trials, building a hoop house and the new meatpacking process at Mike's Quality Meats.

— zakiya mccummings, Alaska Dispatch News, "Hot Picks: Beer, bacon and Blackwater Railroad Co.," 27 July 2017
Tyson’s 2014 purchase of Hillshire Brands for nearly $8 billion continues to pay off for the largest meatpacking company in the U.S. and is a key part of the company’s strategy to focus on less commoditized products and diversify its portfolio.

— Fortune, "Tyson Foods," 21 July 2017
Mr. Dawkins grew up in Louisville, Ill., where his family ran a grocery store and meatpacking plant.

— alexandra alter, New York Times, "An Addict, a Confessed Killer and Now a Debut Author," 2 July 2017
Immigrants tend to concentrate in cities where jobs are more plentiful, though smaller groups have also gravitated toward rural farming towns with crops and meatpacking plants that depend on migrant labor.

— maria sacchetti, Washington Post, "In rural America, fewer immigrants and less tolerance," 17 June 2017
The live music venue and cocktail bar in New York City’s meatpacking district offered its last show on June 13.

— judy cantor-navas, Billboard, "Blue Note Jazz Club to Open in Rio," 16 June 2017
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

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