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Title: Is "vegetable base" a common term in English?
Question: How do they refer to big roofed places, in which vegetables, having been brought from fields, are kept before being taken to various outlets to be sold?  I thought "vegetable base" was a good term, but it looks like Google doesn't return many results. Besides, Wikipedia doesn't have an article on "vegetable base"

Answers:
sents: text: Vegetable base doesn't work in this context.
text: You would use vegetable base to mean that some product comprised mainly vegetables as in: Our soup has a vegetable base.
text: Your options are several.
text: Supermarkets store fruits and vegetables in refrigerated warehouses.
text: Individual sections of these warehouses are referred to as storerooms (or sometimes as cool-rooms if kept at low temperature).
text: Such storage centres may be referred to as depots or distribution centres although these words are used for any base away from the hypermarkets/supermarkets they serve.
text: Farmers keep products in barns (which are big) or sheds (which are small) prior to dispatch.
text: Products stored in rooms underground are kept in cellars.
text: People keep fruit and vegetables in their pantries unless they need to be kept cool in refrigerators or frozen in freezers.
text: But the short answer to your question is either warehouses (which are large and may be refrigerated) or storerooms (which are relatively small).
answer_details: author: ell.stackexchange.com/users/41356/Ronald Sole
score: 45
sents: text: The term "Vegetable Base" would be construed to describe a food where a vegetable is the primary constituent - such as a "Vegetable Based Soup Stock".
text: The "Vegetable Base" would be the vegetable component, and would usually (although not always) be a concentrate of some sort.
text: You're referring to a "cold storage facility", in this case, specifically for vegetables, although the same terminology is used for storing processed and semi-processed meat animals (eg sides of beef, etc.).
text: Hope this helps!
answer_details: author: ell.stackexchange.com/users/95823/Lassen Forge
score: 9
sents: text: The terms packing house or packhouse describe a structure similar to what you are looking for.
text: A packing house is a facility where fruit is received and processed prior to distribution to market.
text: (Source: Wikipedia )
text: Some sources refer specifically to fruit packing or alternatively for meat processing (where is is also called a slaughterhouse ), while others (e.g. see Wiktionary entry ) include other kinds of produce as well.
text: Wikipedia has a list packing houses in the United States , and most of them have "packing house" as part of the name.
text: This seems to indicate ithat the term is established in the food industry.
answer_details: author: ell.stackexchange.com/users/27840/laugh salutes Monica C
score: 7
sents: text: Wikipedia uses the generic term "produce distribution centre" .
text: "Produce" is a common and highly standardized term for unprocessed fruits and vegetables on their way to retail.
text: Here in Ontario we have installations called "food terminals", where produce is sold at wholesale to buyers working for restaurants and markets.
text: But "produce distribution center" is probably the better generic option.
text: With "warehouse" the emphasis is on storage, possibly long-term (which would not be the case for produce) and also does not convey the multi-buyer wholesale distribution aspect.
answer_details: author: ell.stackexchange.com/users/46904/CCTO
score: 2
sents: text: While not vegetables, grain is stored in a granary .
answer_details: author: ell.stackexchange.com/users/66767/nick012000
score: 1

Summary of the answers:
 Wikipedia uses the generic term "produce distribution centre" . Wikipedia uses the generic term "produce distribution centre" . The terms  packing house  or  packhouse  describe a structure similar to what you are looking for.  You're referring to a "cold storage facility", in this case, specifically for vegetables, although the same terminology is used for storing processed and semi-processed meat animals (eg sides of beef, etc.).  The term "Vegetable Base" would be construed to describe a food where a vegetable is the primary constituent - such as a "Vegetable Based Soup Stock
"Vegetable base" is incorrect in this context. However, "packing house", "food terminal", "cold storage facility" or "pack house" are al viable terms.