meatpacking plant
Livestock processing factory
A meatpacking plant is a facility where livestock are slaughtered and processed into meat products for sale.
The term covers the full operation—from killing animals to cutting, packaging, and sometimes further processing into sausages, bacon, or canned goods.
He worked at a meatpacking plant in Kansas City.
The industry is known for demanding physical labor and historically poor working conditions.
- slaughterhouseAnimal killing facility
- kill floorWhere animals are dispatched
- butcherOne who sells cuts
- carcassSlaughtered animal's body
- beefBovine meat for eating
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