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tannery
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun tannery has 1 sense
- tannery(n = noun.artifact) - workplace where skins and hides are tanned; is a kind of work, workplace
Derived form verb tan1
CIDE DICTIONARY
tannery, n. [Cf. F. tannerie.].
- A place where the work of tanning is carried on. [1913 Webster]
- The art or process of tanning. Carlyle. [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
tannery
armory, arsenal, assembly line, assembly plant, atomic energy plant, bindery, boatyard, boilery, bookbindery, brewery, brickyard, cannery, creamery, dairy, defense plant, distillery, dockyard, factory, factory belt, factory district, feeder plant, flour mill, industrial park, industrial zone, main plant, manufactory, manufacturing plant, manufacturing quarter, mill, mint, munitions plant, oil refinery, packing house, plant, pottery, power plant, production line, push-button plant, refinery, sawmill, shipyard, subassembly plant, sugar refinery, winery, yard, yards
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