Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

meatpacker

/mˈitpˌækɚ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.10 in modern English

Syllables: meat-pack-er
IPA: /mˈitpˌækɚ/

20

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person or company involved in the meatpacking industry, including slaughtering and meat processing

Example Sentences

"After breaking up the big meatpackers in the early 1920s, the federal government prevented the industry from consolidating for more than half a century, part of a broader commitment to checking corporate power throughout the economy. […] When a rival meatpacker filed an antitrust lawsuit to block the deal, the Reagan administration intervened on the side of Cargill."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d-der. Proto-Germanic *matiz Proto-West Germanic *mati Old English mete Middle English mete English meat English packer English meatpacker From meat + packer.

Inflected Forms

meatpackers (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

meatpacking packing

Synonyms

packer

Questions

How do you pronounce meatpacker?: The recorded pronunciation is /mˈitpˌækɚ/.
What does meatpacker mean?: A person or company involved in the meatpacking industry, including slaughtering and meat processing
Where does meatpacker come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d-der. Proto-Germanic *matiz Proto-West Germanic *mati Old English mete Middle English mete English meat English packer English meatpacker From meat + packer.

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