noun
pigsty
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noun
1
A pen where pigs are kept.
"The pigsty needed cleaning out after the rain."
2
A very dirty or messy place (informal).
"Tidy your room — it looks like a pigsty in here."
How to Use Pigsty
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA pig enclosure, or informally any filthy, messy place.
Easily confused with
Common pairings
looks like a pigsty
Word Forms
pigsties plural
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Etymology
From "pig" plus "sty", an old word for a pen or enclosure.