packing house

collocation in English

meaningsofpackingandhouse

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packing
noun[U]
uk
/ˈpæk.ɪŋ/us
/ˈpæk.ɪŋ/
the act of putting things into cases, boxes, ...
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house
noun
uk
/haʊs/us
/haʊs/
a building that people, usually one family, ...
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(Definition ofpackingandhousefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Apackinghouseis a building where fruits, oysters, or other items are packed for shipping and distribution.
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It consists of apackinghousewith a distinctive saw tooth roof.
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A smallpackinghousewas built next to their home to pack and ship the family's crops.
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The business was a success, and the couple opened a second store and a meatpackinghousein 1936.
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Thepackinghouseclosed in 1971, and the building was demolished in 1977.
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After the field, post-harvest processing is usually continued in apackinghouse.
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It was variously used as a dance hall,packinghouse, and as a temporary church.
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Swift was given eleven acres of land and approximately $135,000 to build apackinghouse.
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Man-made highlights include small towns, tunnels, truss arch and truss bridges, a lumber mill, farms, grain silos, a fruitpackinghouse, a coal mine, and a steel mill.
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The plantations were prosperous and there were large packing houses and sorting houses.
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By 1912, eighteen homes, a church, a general store, a blacksmith shop, and two tomato packing houses were located around the railroad.
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By 1912, the community included eighteen homes, a church, a general store, a blacksmith shop, and two tomato packing houses.
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These included a brickyard, a turpentine mill, and two citrus packing houses that were both lost in the 1940s.
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The branch served local citrus packing houses and a gas works.
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A small rail yard served the potato packing houses.
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There are several packing houses for papaya and other fruits.
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There was a large water tank beside the depot and two packing houses nearby for farmers' produce.
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