Meanings
- USuncountableThe slaughter and further processing of animals for meat.
The administration’s focus on meatpacking is reflective of a larger shift in thinking about the costs of monopoly power.
2022 January 15, Binyamin Appelbaum, “Building a Better Meatpacking Industry”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 15 Jan 2022Synonyms: packing
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe slaughter and further processing of animals for meat.
More synonyms by meaning
nounwholesale packaging of meat for future sale (including slaughtering and processing and distribution to retailers)
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*meh₂d-
- Proto-Germanic*matiz
- Proto-West Germanic*mati
- Old Englishmete
- Middle Englishmete
- Englishmeat
- Englishpacking
- Englishmeatpacking
Cite this entry
meatpacking. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/meatpacking
“meatpacking.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/meatpacking. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “meatpacking,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/meatpacking.
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