cannerynoun [ C ]
uk/ˈkæn.ər.i/us/ˈkæn.ɚ.i/a factory where food is put into metal containers
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Factories
- assembly line
- brewery
- conveyor belt
- cooling tower
- distillery
- industrial estate
- knacker's yard
- mill
- miller
- mint
- on the factory floor idiom
- pallet
- plant
- power station
- production line
- refinery
- sweatshop
- tannery
- the shop floor
- workshop
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Examples from literature
- One day they stopped at a fish cannery between highway and river and asked for work.
- Peering into the cannery, they saw men and women working in a strong-smelling steam, cleaning and cutting up the fish that passed them on an endless belt, making it ready for others to pack in cans.
- Salmon canneries there are without number.
- The fruits and vegetables of California brought into existence innumerable canneries.
- Thousands and thousands of ocean salmon are caught along the northern coast and taken to the canneries.