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Synonyms for pigsty

  • noun

Most common

hog-pen sty pigpen hogsty

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Noun

1. Sty — an enclosure where pigs are kept, either a building or part of one

sty, hog-pen, pigpen, hogsty

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    An enclosure where pigs are kept, either a building or part of one.

    The lower pasture also contains a pigsty.

Forms

Plural
pigsties → hog-pens, pigpens, hogsties…

Example sentences

  • sty Inflamed as it was, the sty hurt every time she closed her eye.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
pigstyrising
stysteady
pigpenrising
hogstysteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
sty1
6 letters
pigpen, hogsty

In other languages

Français
porcherie
Italiano
porcile
Español
pocilga
Català
soll