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I was cleaning out the pigsty at a farm in Wales, where my mother had rented a room, when the results of my final school exam were handed to me by the postman, along with the news that I had a state scholarship to Oxford. I had waited for this letter for so many weeks that I had abandoned hope, deciding that I had failed ignominiously.
Nina Bawden

Meaning of "pigsty" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PIGSTY

pigsty  [ˈpɪɡˌstaɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PIGSTY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Pigsty is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PIGSTY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

pigsty

Sty

A sty or pigsty is a small-scale outdoor enclosure for raising domestic pigs. It is sometimes referred to as a hog pen, hog parlor, pigpen, pig parlor, or pig-cote. Pigsties are generally fenced areas of bare dirt and/or mud. Both "sty" and "pigpen" are used as derogatory descriptions of dirty messy areas. There are three contributing reasons that pigs, generally clean animals, create such a living environment: ▪ Pigs are voracious eaters and will eat all the plants in the enclosure until there is nothing left to control erosion. ▪ The pig is a rooting animal and will dig for food in the enclosure, further disturbing the soil. ▪ Pigs do not regulate temperature by sweating which means that they must be provided with water or mud in which they can control their own body temperature. A large-scale enclosure for raising pigs is generally called a hog lot. Unlike a sty which would be found on a mixed farm, a hog lot is usually a dedicated facility.

Definition of pigsty in the English dictionary

The definition of pigsty in the dictionary is a pen for pigs; sty. Other definition of pigsty is a dirty or untidy place.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PIGSTY


black-tie
ˌblækˈtaɪ
boleti
bəʊˈliːˌtaɪ
cacti
ˈkæktaɪ
Ceti
ˈsiːtaɪ
culti
ˈkʌltaɪ
hogtie
ˈhɒɡˌtaɪ
matai
ˈmɑːtaɪ
necktie
ˈnɛkˌtaɪ
recti
ˈrɛktaɪ
sty
staɪ
stye
staɪ
Tai
taɪ
taille
taɪ
tanti
ˈtæntaɪ
Thai
taɪ
tie
taɪ
tye
taɪ
untie
ʌnˈtaɪ
vitae
ˈviːtaɪ
Yantai
ˈjænˈtaɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PIGSTY

pigmy hippopotamus
pignolia
pignoration
pignus
pignut
Pigouvian tax
pigpen
pigs
pigskin
pigsney
pigstick
pigsticker
pigsticking
pigsties
pigswill
pigtail
pigtailed
pigwash
pigweed

WORDS THAT END LIKE PIGSTY

amnesty
angsty
busty
Christy
dusty
dynasty
feisty
frosty
honesty
lusty
majesty
misty
modesty
nasty
pasty
rusty
tasty
testy
thirsty
trusty

Synonyms and antonyms of pigsty in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «pigsty» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PIGSTY

Find out the translation of pigsty to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of pigsty from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «pigsty» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

pocilga
570 millions of speakers

English

pigsty
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

गंदा स्थान
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

حظيرة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

свинарник
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

chiqueiro
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

শূকরের খোঁয়াড়
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

porcherie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Babi
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Saustall
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

豚舎
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

돼지 우리
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pigsty
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chuồng heo
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தூய்மையற்ற இடம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पिग्स्टी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

domuz ahırı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

porcile
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

chlew
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

свинарник
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cocină de porci
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

χοιροστάσιο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

varkhok
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

svinstia
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

grisehus
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of pigsty

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PIGSTY»

The term «pigsty» is quite widely used and occupies the 52.242 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PIGSTY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about pigsty

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QUOTES WITH «PIGSTY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word pigsty.
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Nina Bawden
I was cleaning out the pigsty at a farm in Wales, where my mother had rented a room, when the results of my final school exam were handed to me by the postman, along with the news that I had a state scholarship to Oxford. I had waited for this letter for so many weeks that I had abandoned hope, deciding that I had failed ignominiously.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PIGSTY»

Discover the use of pigsty in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to pigsty and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Pig Sty
When Wendell doesn't clean up his room, a whole herd of pigs comes to live with him.
Mark Teague, 2007
2
Princess Pigsty
Tired of being a princess, the youngest of three sisters throws her crown out the window and finds happiness working in the royal kitchen and pigsty.
Cornelia Funke, Cornelia Caroline Funke, Kerstin Meyer, 2007
3
Murder in the Pigsty: A Southern Family's Story
It is the first week of July, in the year 1956, and four teenaged siblings are spending time on a rural farm in Arkansas; bored and restless.
Gary R. Austin, 2010
4
Spectacle & Pigsty: Selected Poems of Kiwao Nomura
As stunningly original to a contemporary American audience as haiku was to the late Victorians, this collection of Japanese poetry makes unpredictable leaps of association to explore themes such as sex, loss, and memory.
Kiwao Nomura, 2011
5
Sea Legs
People think sometimes that as we are three blokes all living together then it must be a pigsty. But it isn't. Except in the area of Clive's bed, of course, but then Clive is the sort of person who could make a pigsty anywhere. There's a saying our ...
Alex Shearer, 2005
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Christmas in Scandinavia
She thinks about it, with the same joy, every evening when she has to go out and give the pig its supper, every time she needs to go to the pigsty or the woodshed in the evening. She thinks first of all — the happy feeling always comes in two ...
Sven Hakon Rossel, Bo Elbr?nd-Bek, David W. Colbert, 1996
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Powerless
... loaded Jake's body into the bed of the pickup, and drove to the sheriff's office. Josh took careful notes throughout the reenactment. At the conclusion, he put his notebook away and asked Peter about the tire iron the sherifffound in the pigsty.
Richard L. Smith, 2011
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The Mingqi Pottery Buildings of Han Dynasty China, 206 BC-AD ...
Ancient written sources are usefully consulted in order to obtain information about pigsties and privies in and before the Han dynasty, and the method of typology is utilized to assess the design scheme of the pigsty-privy assemblage.
Qinghua Guo, 2010
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55 Ways to Have Fun with Google
When the fisherman went home to his wife in the pigsty, he told her how he had caught a great fish, and how it had told him it was an enchanted prince, and how, on hearing it speak, he had let it go again. “Did not you ask it for anything?
Philipp Lenssen, 2006
10
South of the Clouds: Tales from Yunnan
glutinous rice he had stored over the past three years, put the rice wine on the table, have the chicken coop, pigsty, and cow shed enclosed, and stay overnight at his neighbor's. "Whatever sound you hear during the night, don't come out," the  ...
Lucien Miller, 1994

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PIGSTY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term pigsty is used in the context of the following news items.
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Tobacco Farmer Arrested for Attempting to Swindle Colleagues
... Inspector Hunderer Moyo, confirmed the development and managed to recover the money buried in the pigsty amounting to MK7.5 million. «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
2
How eating in the car could make you sick
One in ten drivers confessed their car was a "pigsty", with the same number saying they had at some point stashed rubbish under the seats. «New Zealand Herald, Jul 15»
3
E.coli found lurking on car steering wheels and handbrakes
As a tenth admit their car is a pigsty, microbiologists from the University of Nottingham put a selection of cars under the microscope. They did ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
4
Hall of Flowers' barnyard display a treat for the nose
The exhibits were given names such as “Cowabungalow,” “Pigsty Paradise,” “Billy Goat Blossoms” and “Donkey Diggins.” The best of show ... «Petaluma Argus Courier, Jul 15»
5
5 quotes that prove Tom Ford's a baby bore – and we love him for it
... case for me, but I just don't care as much anymore. I have moments where I think, “Oh shit!” It's not exactly a pigsty, but it's not as immaculate.'. «Gay Star News, Jul 15»
6
Jesus can set you free
It's in pigsties and a pigsty-type of life that some of us have lived – prison, addiction and alcoholism. It's where some of us met Jesus, who can ... «Hartlepool Mail, Jul 15»
7
Migration centres to close after people were 'being treated like …
... wrote to the regional council in Trapani after he and his fellow immigrants were allegedly forced to live in a room “akin to a pigsty” and sleep ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
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Why The Pig Is The Most Loved And Most Loathed Animal On The …
This Chinese sculpture, dating to about 200 AD, depicts an outhouse perched over a pigsty. All over the world pigs ate human waste, carrion, ... «KQED, Jul 15»
9
Parenting and Life Advice From My Sicilian Grandmother 7 Pieces of …
She thinks my house is a pigsty (it's not that bad), she's constantly judging me for my lack of diligence when it comes to dusting (OK, that gets ... «POPSUGAR, Jul 15»
10
Inside the 'Sublime' New ACT; The Sketchiest Safeways of SF
They even managed to keep the mish mash of windows just to ensure that no one forgets what a pigsty Market was, for so long, when it finally ... «Curbed SF, Jul 15»

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