What is another word for Tanneries?

Pronunciation: [tˈanəɹiz] (IPA)

Tanneries refer to the factories or plants where animal hides are processed to make leather. Some of the synonyms for the word tanneries are leatherworks, leather mills, hide processing facilities, and skin factories. Leatherworks is a term that denotes a facility that specializes in the production of leather goods. Leather mills, on the other hand, focus on the heavy manufacturing of leather products. Hide processing facilities refer to locations where animal hides are trimmed, cleaned, and tanned to prepare them for use in leather products. Lastly, skin factories are factories where animal skins are converted into various leather products. All of these synonyms refer to the same type of facility that deals with turning animal hides into leather.

What are the hypernyms for Tanneries?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.
  • Other hypernyms:

    workshop, processing plant, manufacturing facility, processing facility, production facility, industrial facility, production plant.

Usage examples for Tanneries

The prisoners condemned to 'reclusion' work in Tanneries and ropewalks, as for example in the prison of Margineni, and they are entitled to four-tenths of the products of their labour.
"Roumania Past and Present"
James Samuelson
On the other hand, Mr. Worthington displayed a knowledge of the falling-mill and splitting-machine and the process of Tanneries in general that was surprising.
"Coniston, Book I."
Winston Churchill
"That is true," said the licentiate, "for those who have been bred up in the Tanneries and the Zocodover cannot talk like those who are almost all day pacing the cathedral cloisters, and yet they are all Toledans.
"The History of Don Quixote, Vol. II., Part 23"
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

Related words: leather tanners, leather tanning, leather manufacturing, best leather tannery, how to tan animal skin, how to buffed leather, how to make leather

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