The tannery used to discharge effluent straight into the river.
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Tannery
//ˈtænəɹi//
Synonyms for "tannery" (47 found)
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Closest matches (10)
Strong matches (14)
Related words (23)
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Translations
26 translations across 18 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- դաբաղանոց noun (place where people tan hides to make leather)
Bulgarian
3 entries- дъбене noun (business of a tanner)
- дъбилня noun (place where people tan hides to make leather)
- щавене noun (business of a tanner)
Catalan
2 entries- adoberia noun (place where people tan hides to make leather)
- adoberia noun (business of a tanner)
Czech
1 entries- koželužna noun (place where people tan hides to make leather)
Finnish
1 entries- parkitsimo noun (place where people tan hides to make leather)
French
2 entries- mégisserie noun (place where people tan hides to make leather)
- tannerie noun (place where people tan hides to make leather)
Galician
2 entries- curtidoiro noun (place where people tan hides to make leather)
- pelamio noun (place where people tan hides to make leather)
German
1 entries- Gerberei noun (place where people tan hides to make leather)
Hungarian
1 entries- cserzőműhely noun (place where people tan hides to make leather)
Irish
1 entries- tonnús noun (place where people tan hides to make leather)
Persian
2 entries- دباغ خانه noun (place where people tan hides to make leather)
- دباغی noun (business of a tanner)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Joawarie noun (place where people tan hides to make leather)
Polish
2 entries- garbarnia noun (place where people tan hides to make leather)
- garbarstwo noun (business of a tanner)
Portuguese
1 entries- curtume noun (place where people tan hides to make leather)
Russian
1 entries- дуби́льня noun (place where people tan hides to make leather)
Spanish
2 entries- curtiduría noun (place where people tan hides to make leather)
- tenería noun (place where people tan hides to make leather)
Turkish
1 entries- tabakhane noun (place where people tan hides to make leather)
Yiddish
1 entries- גאַרבערײַ noun (place where people tan hides to make leather)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
The fermentations which are most important in the tannery are, firstly, the ordinary putrefaction which attacks hides as well as other animal matter, and which is usually a complicated process carried on by many sorts of bacteria and other micro-organisms.
Source: tatoeba (11942964)
The River Avon divides the village in two, and at its centre is a tannery, built in 1918 and still in use, with its frontage on the river bank.
Source: wiktionary
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