Definition of meatpacker in English:

meatpacker

nounˈmiːtpakə

A person or business involved in preparing and packing meat for transportation and sale.
he hired a local meatpacker to develop his thin, dried beef stick
Example sentencesExamples
- This has led to inflated beef prices, restaurants losing revenue and unemployment for about eight thousand American meatpackers.
- The decision came in a case brought by Smithfield Foods, the nation's - and the world's - largest pork meatpacker.
- In 1970, the top four meatpackers controlled just 21 percent of the beef market.
- Twenty years ago meatpackers in the U.S. earned $18 per hour.
- Working with a meatpacker in a neighboring community, the co-op has begun a brisk retail trade in beef halves, quarters and wrapped cuts.
- Ranchers must work more closely with meatpackers and distributors to make the operation more efficient.
- In 1946, almost two million workers, including 300,000 meatpackers and 750,000 steelworkers, walked picket lines.
- Meatpackers contend they have lost billions of dollars because of the lack of cattle to keep plants running efficiently.
- The injury rate among meatpackers is the highest of any US occupation.
- While the meatpackers have grown more powerful, the unions have grown much weaker.

单词	meatpacker
释义	Definition of meatpacker in English: meatpacker nounˈmiːtpakə A person or business involved in preparing and packing meat for transportation and sale. he hired a local meatpacker to develop his thin, dried beef stick Example sentencesExamples This has led to inflated beef prices, restaurants losing revenue and unemployment for about eight thousand American meatpackers. The decision came in a case brought by Smithfield Foods, the nation's - and the world's - largest pork meatpacker. In 1970, the top four meatpackers controlled just 21 percent of the beef market. Twenty years ago meatpackers in the U.S. earned $18 per hour. Working with a meatpacker in a neighboring community, the co-op has begun a brisk retail trade in beef halves, quarters and wrapped cuts. Ranchers must work more closely with meatpackers and distributors to make the operation more efficient. In 1946, almost two million workers, including 300,000 meatpackers and 750,000 steelworkers, walked picket lines. Meatpackers contend they have lost billions of dollars because of the lack of cattle to keep plants running efficiently. The injury rate among meatpackers is the highest of any US occupation. While the meatpackers have grown more powerful, the unions have grown much weaker.
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