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# pigsty

noun (a pigsty, pigsties)

«pigsty» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A pigsty is a pen or small building on a farm where pigs are kept. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pigsty/#m1)
2. (informal) A pigsty is a very dirty or untidy room or place. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pigsty/#m2)

### In the lessons

On the farm in stories and science it is where pigs live; in everyday life parents say «Your room is a pigsty!» to mean it is a mess. Phrases: muck out the pigsty, like a pigsty.

### Examples

- The pigs rolled in the mud in their pigsty. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pigsty/#x1)
- The farmer cleaned out the pigsty. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pigsty/#x2)
- «Your bedroom is a pigsty!» said Mum. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pigsty/#x3)
- We visited the pigsty at the city farm. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pigsty/#x4)
- After the party, the kitchen looked like a pigsty. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pigsty/#x5)
- The piglets slept in a corner of the pigsty. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pigsty/#x6)
- "I wonder what that crowd near the pigsty means!" said the emperor, who had just come out on his balcony. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pigsty/#x7)

### Note

Plural: pigsties (y changes to ies). Also called a «sty» or «pigpen» (USA). Saying someone's room is a pigsty is rude-ish but common family talk. Pigs actually like to keep their sleeping place clean.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «pigsty» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pigsty/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«pigsty» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/pigsty.html) on Mova free.