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A factory that produces canned goods.
Jim had a summer job cleaning and packing salmon at the fish cannery.
Syn: packing plant, packinghouse
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Cannery — Can ner*y, n. A place where the business of canning fruit, meat, etc., is carried on. [U. S.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
cannery — 1879, from the derived verb from CAN (Cf. can) (n.) + ERY (Cf. ery) … Etymology dictionary
cannery — ► NOUN (pl. canneries) ▪ a factory where food is canned … English terms dictionary
cannery — ☆ cannery [kan′ər ē ] n. pl. canneries a factory where foods are canned … English World dictionary
cannery — UK [ˈkænərɪ] / US noun [countable] Word forms cannery : singular cannery plural canneries a factory where food is put into cans … English dictionary
cannery — [[t]kæ̱nəri[/t]] canneries N COUNT A cannery is a factory where food is canned … English dictionary
cannery — Hale ho okomo kini. ♦ Pineapple cannery, hale hana hala kahiki … English-Hawaiian dictionary
Cannery Row (novel) — Cannery Row is a novel by John Steinbeck. It was published in 1945. A film version was released in 1982. Cannery Row takes place in the small strip of land near a sardine fishery in Monterey known as Cannery Row. It revolves around the people… … Wikipedia
Cannery Row — is the waterfront street in the New Monterey section of Monterey, California, the site of a number of now defunct sardine canning factories. The street name, formerly a nickname for Ocean View Avenue, is now official.Cannery Row was the setting… … Wikipedia
Cannery Row (film) — Cannery Row is the title of a 1982 film directed by David S. Ward. The movie is adapted from John Steinbeck s novels Cannery Row and Sweet Thursday .The movie is about the skid row citizens of Monterey, California, set on the row during World War … Wikipedia
