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I'm opening a store at the end of the month in the New York meatpacking district. I'm launching a line of bedding this summer, and I am writing a book that will be out next January.
Genevieve Gorder

Meaning of "meatpacking" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MEATPACKING

meatpacking  [ˈmiːtpækɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MEATPACKING

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conjunction
determiner
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Meatpacking is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MEATPACKING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

meatpacking

Meat packing industry

The meat packing industry handles the slaughtering, processing, packaging, and distribution of animals such as cattle, pigs, sheep and other livestock. The industry is primarily focused on producing meat for human consumption, but it also yields a variety of by-products including hides, feathers, dried blood, and, through the process of rendering, fat such as tallow and protein meals such as meat & bone meal. In the U.S. and some other countries, the facility where the meat packing is done is called a meat packing plant; in New Zealand, where most of the products are exported, it is called a freezing works. An abattoir is a place where animals are slaughtered for food. Pork packing in Cincinnati, 1873 The meat packing industry grew with the construction of the railroads and methods of refrigeration. Railroads made possible the transport of stock to central points for processing, and the transport of products.

Definition of meatpacking in the English dictionary

The definition of meatpacking in the dictionary is the wholesale meat trade.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MEATPACKING


attacking
əˈtækɪŋ
backing
ˈbækɪŋ
backpacking
ˈbækpækɪŋ
barebacking
ˈbeəbækɪŋ
cracking
ˈkrækɪŋ
fast-tracking
ˈfɑːstˌtrækɪŋ
fracking
ˈfrækɪŋ
hacking
ˈhækɪŋ
hijacking
ˈhaɪdʒækɪŋ
packing
ˈpækɪŋ
racking
ˈrækɪŋ
ransacking
ˈrænsækɪŋ
sacking
ˈsækɪŋ
smacking
ˈsmækɪŋ
stacking
ˈstækɪŋ
tacking
ˈtækɪŋ
tracking
ˈtrækɪŋ
unpacking
ʌnˈpækɪŋ
whacking
ˈwækɪŋ
wisecracking
ˈwaɪzkrækɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MEATPACKING

meat safe
meat-eater
meat-eating
meatal
meataxe
meatball
meated
Meath
meathead
meatier
meatiest
meatily
meatiness
meatless
meatman
meatpacker
meatscreen
meatspace
meatus
meaty

WORDS THAT END LIKE MEATPACKING

banking
blocking
checking
clicking
docking
fucking
kicking
knocking
lacking
licking
locking
mocking
overclocking
picking
rocking
shocking
stocking
sucking
trafficking
trucking
wrecking

Synonyms and antonyms of meatpacking in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «meatpacking» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MEATPACKING

Find out the translation of meatpacking to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of meatpacking from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «meatpacking» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

肉类加工
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

empacadora de carne
570 millions of speakers

English

meatpacking
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मीटपैकिंग
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تعليب اللحوم
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

мясокомбинат
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

frigorífica
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

meatpacking
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

conditionnement de la viande
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pengepakan daging
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Meatpacking
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ミートパッキング
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

정육
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Meatpacking
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đóng gói thịt
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மாமிசப் பதனிடும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मांसपॅकिंग
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

meatpacking
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

meatpacking
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Meatpacking
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

м´ясокомбінат
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Meatpacking
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

meatpacking
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

meatpacking
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

meatpacking
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

meatpacking
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of meatpacking

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MEATPACKING»

The term «meatpacking» is regularly used and occupies the 56.537 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MEATPACKING» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about meatpacking

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2 QUOTES WITH «MEATPACKING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word meatpacking.
1
Genevieve Gorder
I'm opening a store at the end of the month in the New York meatpacking district. I'm launching a line of bedding this summer, and I am writing a book that will be out next January.
2
Donald Ray Pollock
I spent thirty-two years in a paper mill in southern Ohio, and before that, I worked in a meatpacking plant and a shoe factory.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MEATPACKING»

Discover the use of meatpacking in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to meatpacking and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Cutting Into the Meatpacking Line: Workers and Change in the ...
The nostalgic vision of a rural Midwest populated by independent family farmers hides the reality that rural wage labor has been integral to the region's development, says Deborah Fink.
Deborah Fink, 1998
2
Tied to the Great Packing Machine: The Midwest and Meatpacking
Tied to the Great Packing Machine tells the dramatic story of meatpacking’s enormous effects on the economics, culture, and environment of the Midwest over the past century and a half.
Wilson J. Warren, 2007
3
The Industrial Revolution in America: Communications / ...
"Communications takes readers from the telegraph to the telephone and beyond, showing how improvements in communication (aided by better transportation) helped create a truly national marketplace."--Publisher description.
Kevin Hillstrom, Laurie Collier Hillstrom, 2007
4
Mexican Immigrants in Meatpacking Areas of Kansas: ...
A number of cities in Kansas have experienced rapid growth in Hispanic population during the last twenty five years, due to immigration related in particular to the development of the meatpacking industry in the region.
Daniel E. Aguilar R., 2008
5
The Jungle
The horrifying conditions of the Chicago stockyards are revealed through this narrative of a young immigrant's struggles in America.
Upton Sinclair, 2008
6
Treatment of high strength meatpacking plant wastewater by ...
SECTION I CONCLUSIONS * Meatpacking plant wastewater is amenable to treatment by land application using either infiltration or overland flow systems. * Several types of grasses grow well when irrigated with meatpacking plant wastewater ...
Anthony J. Tarquin, 1976
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Blood and Beauty: Manhattan's Meatpacking District
When photographer Pamela Greene first visited this area, she found a 24-hour neighborhood that changed daily, from a gritty industrial site to a sophisticated play ground, and back again, by dawn.
Pamela Greene, 2011
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Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal
Meatpacking plants were much more likely to be found in urban areas. Most large American cities had a meatpacking district with its own stockyards and slaughterhouses. Cattle were shipped there by rail, slaughtered, carved into sides of beef ...
Eric Schlosser, 2001
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Contemporary Collective Bargaining in the Private Sector
Editor's Abstract Craypo contends that developments in meatpacking illustrate the tendency for product market competition to drive down wage rates in an unregulated or inadequately organized industry. The chapter focuses on beef packing, ...
Paula Beth Vogel Voos, 1994
10
Communities of Work: Rural Restructuring in Local and Global ...
In the meatpacking industry, old-line companies such as Oscar Mayer and Wilson closed numerous plants. The closed factories were then sold to new meatpacking firms such as Iowa Beef Packers and Excel, a division of food giant Cargill, ...
William W. Falk, Michael D. Schulman, Ann R. Tickamyer, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MEATPACKING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term meatpacking is used in the context of the following news items.
1
38 Things Americans Say They've Found in a Hot Dog
It would take the development of major meatpacking factories in Chicago and of new preservation and refrigeration technologies to clear the ... «TIME, Jul 15»
2
Bottega Veneta, Five Story among the hottest sales of the week
11 a.m.-7 p.m. / Sun.12-6 p.m. Owen will sadly close the doors of its Meatpacking location and will be liquidating existing merchandise through ... «New York Post, Jul 15»
3
City Planning Wants Zoning Changes to Prevent Bulky Buildings
Have you seen the new plans for the renovations of two of the oldest, most charming buildings in the Meatpacking District? Just awful. «Curbed NY, Jul 15»
4
Owen's Farewell Sale Has Up To 80% Off 3.1 Phillip Lim, Acne Studios
Say your goodbyes (for now) to fashion-favorite boutique Owen. Owner Phillip Salem is packing up his Meatpacking District shop, but not ... «Racked NY, Jul 15»
5
How Jim Norton, of All People, Taught Me Trans Acceptance
I learned it from Jim Norton telling a story about how a hooker stole his glasses in the Meatpacking District like 10 years ago. Or from one of his ... «Splitsider, Jul 15»
6
How Taye Diggs Is Transforming the Role of Hedwig
A few days after our dinner, I caught up with Diggs at Soho House, a members-only club in the Meatpacking District to which he belongs. «New York Times, Jul 15»
7
Co-Eating Food Halls Playing to Co-Working Crowds
... site at RXR Realty and YoungWoo Associates' Pier 57 in the Meatpacking District, as Commercial Observer reported in May. Danny Meyer ... «Commercial Observer, Jul 15»
8
Rail resurgence
The abandoned and decaying Alpha Beta meatpacking plant, at 303 S. Santa Fe Drive, is in the process of being renovated by Pueblo railway ... «Pueblo Chieftain, Jul 15»
9
Team Epiphany And Complex Present #SUMMERFRIDAYS 2015
July 31, The Sleepover: The classic slumber party reinvents itself for adults at one of New York's hottest nightlife locations in the Meatpacking ... «NEWS.GNOM.ES, Jul 15»
10
Elon Musk Brings New Meaning to the Matrix
Cargill Meat Solutions Corp., a Wichita, Kansas–based meatpacking and distribution corporation, has installed Powerwall batteries in a Fresno, ... «Institutional Investor, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Meatpacking [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/meatpacking>. May 2024 ».
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