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pig farm

pig farm noun: a farm where domestic pigs are raised and bred, primarily for food and, sometimes, for their skin.

pig farm: a farm where domestic pigs are raised and bred, primarily for food and, sometimes, for their skin
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Noun

pig farm (plural pig farms)

  1. A farm where domestic pigs are raised and bred, primarily for food and, sometimes, for their skin.
    • The dogs were barking over at the pigfarm,
      the leaftruck was crawling through autumn,
      lovers were unbuttoning in cellars
      and what was I up to in that badlit attic?1977, David Young, “The Names of a Hare in English: Les noms de un levre en englais”, in Poetry, volume 131, number 2, page 84 of 78-87
    • He reminds me of a soldier I met in Cuba, who sat next to me in the station wagon which took a group of us on tour through a big school for children in Oriente Province. I was not too interested in the pig farm which we were being shown, and stayed in the car to rest, and he remained with me. Like...2006 October 1, Rita Corbin, “Love Is the Only Solution”, in The Catholic Worker, volume LXXIII, number 6, page 3b
    Synonyms:
    hog farm

Synonyms of pig farm

Forms of pig farm

pluralpig farms
alternative formpig-farm
alternative formpigfarm

Words formed from pig farm

Questions about pig farm

What does pig farm mean?
Pig farm means a farm where domestic pigs are raised and bred, primarily for food and, sometimes, for their skin.
What part of speech is pig farm?
Pig farm is a noun.
What is the plural of pig farm?
The plural of pig farm is pig farms.

Words near pig farm in the dictionary

  1. pig dog
  2. pig dogged
  3. pig dogging
  4. pig dogs
  5. Pig Episode
  6. pig farm
  7. pig farmer
  8. pig farmers
  9. pig farms
  10. pig flu
  11. pig fucker

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