処理場(しょりじょう)

処理場(しょりじょう) is a compound of 処理(しょり) (processing/treatment) and 場(じょう) (place/facility). It refers to a facility where waste or sewage is processed, treated, or disposed of.

Types

• 下水(げすい)処理場(しょりじょう): sewage treatment plant
• ゴミ処理場(しょりじょう): waste processing facility
• 汚水(おすい)処理場(しょりじょう): wastewater treatment plant
• 食肉(しょくにく)処理場(しょりじょう): meat processing plant

Related words

• 処理(しょり)する: to process, to treat
• 施設(しせつ): facility (broader term)
• 浄水場(じょうすいじょう): water purification plant

Usage

The suffix 場(じょう) (not 所(じょ)) marks the word as a large-scale facility. Compare with 処理所(しょりじょ), which is rarely used.