1. a factory where food is processed and sealed in cans

Examples

• The salmon cannery employed hundreds of workers during the fishing season.
• My grandfather worked at the tomato cannery for thirty years.
• The old cannery was converted into luxury apartments.
• Fresh peaches are transported directly from the orchard to the cannery.
• The cannery operates around the clock during harvest time.
• Environmental regulations forced the cannery to upgrade its waste treatment system.