piggery
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7.5
- noun
- /ˈpɪɡəri/
:
granja de cerdos
- The farm has a new piggery where they breed several varieties of pigs.
Examples
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During our visit, we saw how the piggery was designed for optimal pig welfare.
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Whatever the reason, of the thousands of animals in the piggery that day... only one was chosen.
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Harry's in the piggery slopping the sows.
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They have been soaking in male-chauvinist piggery for 500 years, and so it cannot be eradicated overnight.
Blog text (19) -
Spenserian and Christian equivalences of beastliness and sin prevail in the English literary tradition, and Grill or Gryllus becomes a byword for piggery.
Academic text (1997) -
He built a large piggery to accommodate the growing number of pigs on his farm.
Synonyms
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2.1
A place where pigs live and sleep
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1.4
A place where people keep and raise pigs for meat
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2.1
A small fenced area where pigs live
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4.5
A small pen where pigs are kept
A fenced area where pigs are kept
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Morphology
Etymology
Piggery combines pig and the ending -ery, which means 'a place for' and appears in words like bakery. So, a piggery is a 'place for pigs', a farm or building where pigs are bred and raised.