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piggy bank

piggy bank noun: a small container, sometimes in the form of a pig, in which small saved coins are stored.

Noun

piggy bank (plural piggy banks)

  1. A small container, sometimes in the form of a pig, in which small saved coins are stored.
    Synonyms:
    penny bank, pig bank
  2. (figuratively) Any supply of money or savings.

piggy bank meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Gujarati and Odia

piggy bank in Hindi

small container to store small saved coins in
गुल्लक gullak

piggy bank in Tamil

சேமிப்பு உண்டியல், சேமிப்பு உண்டி

piggy bank in Gujarati

small container to store small saved coins in
ગલ્લો gallo

piggy bank in Odia

piggy bank
କୁମ୍ପି kumpi
More languagesFewer languages
piggy bank in Tagalog
alkansiya
piggy bank in Arabic
حَصَّالَة ḥaṣṣāla
piggy bank in Malay
tabung
piggy bank in Indonesian
celengan, kumbara
piggy bank in Persian
قلک qollak, غلک ġollak
piggy bank in Thai
กระปุกหมู grà-bpùk-mǔu, หมูออมสิน mǔu-ɔɔm-sǐn
piggy bank in Vietnamese
ống heo, heo đất, lợn đất, lợn bỏ ống

Synonyms of piggy bank

Forms of piggy bank

pluralpiggy banks

Questions about piggy bank

What does piggy bank mean?
Piggy bank means a small container, sometimes in the form of a pig, in which small saved coins are stored.
What is piggy bank in Hindi?
Piggy bank in Hindi is गुल्लक (gullak). See Piggy bank meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is piggy bank?
Piggy bank is a noun.
What is the plural of piggy bank?
The plural of piggy bank is piggy banks.

Words near piggy bank in the dictionary

  1. piggling
  2. Piggott
  3. Piggotts
  4. piggs
  5. piggy
  6. piggy bank
  7. piggy banks
  8. piggy flu
  9. piggy in the middle
  10. piggy move up
  11. piggy stick

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Adapted from Wiktionary: piggy bank (page history and authors); piggy bank (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); କୁମ୍ପି (Odia) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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