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cannery



can·nery [ ˈka-nə-rē]



cannery   
noun
[ˈka-nə-rē]
plural canneries

Definition of cannery

: a factory for the canning of foods



Recent Examples on the Web


//Major employers include Oroville Hospital, currently in the midst of a $200 million expansion, as well as the cannery, Sierra Pacific, and an influx of disaster relief workers from multiple companies.
— Natalie Hanson, The Mercury News, "Oroville could be fastest-growing Northern California city, despite Camp Fire housing crisis," 11 Aug. 2019
//Located in an old oyster cannery dating to the 1860s, the BMI harks back to the days when Charm City was not only a major port, but also a center of industry to rival anything on the East Coast.
— Chris Kaltenbach, baltimoresun.com, "8 ways to celebrate Labor Day weekend in Baltimore," 29 Aug. 2019
//In another instance, a setnetter was caught on the cannery dock between stacks of fish totes.
— John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, "When sharing the backcountry with bears, choose a shotgun as your companion," 20 Aug. 2019
//One day in June 1919, workers in a busy Canadian cannery in Port Essington rushed to clean, cook, and can the bright red flesh of a huge number of sockeye salmon hauled from the nearby Skeena River.
— Lesley Evans Ogden, Science | AAAS, "Century-old salmon-smeared notebooks reveal past bounty of fisheries," 20 Aug. 2019
//Founder Deborah Stone’s cannery utilizes local growers’ fruit and vegetables.
— Eric Velasco, al, "Follow the journey of local food from seed to plate," 13 Aug. 2019
//Vacant buildings that once housed canneries or steel mills now command $1.20 per square foot, a steep rise from previous years.
— Sarah Ravani, SFChronicle.com, "Oakland shuttered artist warehouses after Ghost Ship. Cannabis may take the rest," 11 Aug. 2019
//But the first cannery on the river opened in 1866, and many more followed, fed by diabolical fish wheels that scooped millions of pounds of fish a year from the water.
— Sallie Tisdale, Harper's magazine, "Catechism of the Waters," 10 June 2019
//Her father eventually rose to become the cannery’s foreman.
— Evan Bush, The Seattle Times, "‘The Property’: A family’s getaway cabin defined its dreams, until a tragic Sunday morning," 24 Sep. 2018


First Known Use of cannery

1864, in the meaning defined above



Dictionary Entries near cannery

canneloid

cannelon

cannelure

cannery

canneryman

Cannes

cannetille



More Definitions forcannery

cannery

noun

English Language Learners Definition of cannery

: a factory where food is put into cans

cannery

noun
can·​nery | \ ˈka-nə-rē \
plural canneries

Kids Definition of cannery

: a factory where foods are canned