pig pen

Muddy swine quarters

A pig pen is an enclosure where pigs are kept—a small fenced area or structure on a farm.

The term extends to any space that's become filthy or chaotically messy: Your bedroom is a pig pen.

Also spelled as one word: pigpen.

Related

styPig enclosure
hogSwine, or monopolize
hog farmLivestock facility for swine
mudWet soil mixture
mud puddleSmall dirty water pool

rolling in mud · slop · slop bucket · trough · fence · oink · wallow · farm · manure · snout · livestock · farm animal · enclosure · swine · muddy · straw · feeding · squealing

Categories

farm buildingsbarn loft, barn, cattle barn, chicken coop, cow barn
livestock penscorral, corrals, pigpen, paddock, run
pig housinghog barn
enclosurescage, box, enclosure, case, kennel
farm structuresbarn, barn door, silo, chicken coop, hay barn
farm villagefarmhouse, barn, farmer, fields, crops

Opposites

cleanliness/order

pig pensterile environment

Space without living microorganisms

operating room · clean room · showroom · neat as a pin · spick and span

enclosure type

pig penpasture

Grazing ground for livestock

open range · meadow · grazing land · open field · rangeland

living space quality

pig penpalace

Monarch's official residence

mansion · penthouse · luxury suite · stately home · showplace

Family

pig, pen, pigs, pigsty, piglet, piglets, piggish, pigged, pigging

Familiarity: Top 100,000
Profile: Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G