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pigwash

pigwash

9.9
A wet mix of kitchen scraps and water used to feed pigs
  • noun
translation icon : comida de cerdo
  • The farmer poured the pigwash into the trough for the hungry pigs.

Examples

  • The pigwash was made from leftover vegetables.

  • Farmers often use pigwash to feed their pigs.

  • Household pigwash was collected daily to supplement the animals' diet.

  • Some people found the smell of pigwash unpleasant, but the pigs loved it.

  • The farmer poured the pigwash into the trough for the hungry pigs.

  • Household pigwash was collected daily to supplement the animals' diet.

  • Some people found the smell of pigwash unpleasant, but the pigs loved it.

Synonyms

swill
vspigwash
13 8.5

Food leftovers mixed with water or milk used to feed pigs

is focused on kitchen scraps prepared specifically as liquid feed for one species
slop
vspigwash
11 6.4

Wet, unappetizing food often fed to animals

is specifically kitchen scraps combined with liquid and meant as animal feed
food waste
vspigwash
8 2.7

Uneaten or leftover food that people throw away from homes and shops

is narrower, meaning wet scraps mixed with liquid intended as animal feed
pigswill
vspigwash
1 9.3

Wet food made from kitchen waste mixed with water or milk to feed pigs

is identical in meaning and use to this form
slops
vspigwash
  • Archaic
7.6

Kitchen waste mixed with water or milk that people feed to pigs

is chiefly for feed of one farm animal species rather than animals generally

How Wet

slurry
  • Specialized
9 7.7
pigwash
9.9
mash
36 4.3
feed
89 1.0

Surface Forms

pigwash singular
pigwashes plural

Morphology

pigwash = pig + wash (transparent) = pig + wash

Meaning is directly derived from 'pig' + 'wash' (liquid/waste associated with pigs), a straightforward compound.

Etymology

The word pigwash combines pig and wash, where wash means 'liquid scraps' — kitchen waste mixed with water or milk that farmers give to pigs, so pigwash simply names the wet food waste fed to pigs.