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conservificio

cannery

noun kon-sehr-vee-FEE-choh Rare

Also means

canning factory

Usage Note

Conservificio is a compound of conserva (preserve, canned food) + the suffix -ficio (place of production, as in pastificio, pasta factory). It refers to an industrial facility for preserving and canning food. The plural is i conservifici. It is a technical/commercial term not encountered in everyday conversation.

Examples

"Il conservificio produce pomodori in scatola."

Natural Translation

The cannery produces canned tomatoes.

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