vacuum-pack
Americanverb (used with object)
Example Sentences
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A surge in gas prices has forced two British fertilizer plants to shut, stripping food producers of the CO2 byproduct that is used to stun animals before slaughter and vacuum-pack food to prolong its shelf life.
From Washington Post
"They had to powder me down, help me inside and then vacuum-pack the suit," she told the Hollywood Reporter.
From BBC
We may try to vacuum-pack it as if the air it breathes should remain untouched by contemporary microbes.
From Washington Post
She prepared to freeze-dry and vacuum-pack them and asked a colleague to pull a species from the barrel.
From Seattle Times
The equipment to vacuum-pack meat costs a few hundred thousand dollars, and its flimsier nature requires different methods of stacking.
From Economist
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