piggery

Hog raising facility

A piggery is a place where pigs are raised, typically a commercial farm operation: The piggery supplied pork to regional markets.

The word can also describe piggish behavior—greed or filth: The state of his apartment was absolute piggery.

farm

livestock

Domesticated farm animals

  • husbandryFarm management practice
  • styPig enclosure
  • penInk-filled writing tool

barnyard · feedlot · breeding · farrowing · pasture · fodder · slop · trough · manure · herd

swine

hog

Swine, or monopolize

  • sowImplant in earth
  • boarUndomesticated male swine
  • porcineOf or like swine

snout · trotters · bristles · grunting · oink · rooting · farrowing · gilt · barrow · shoat

squalor

filth

Foul, accumulated matter

untidiness · litter · shambles · muck · grime · dirt · slovenliness · disorder · hovel · dump

gluttony

greed

Excessive desire for wealth

voracity · excess · pigging out · stuffing · guzzling · insatiable · ravenous · sloppiness · wallowing · trough

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Opposites
type of livestock facility

piggeryhenhouse

Poultry dwelling

chicken coop · cattle ranch · dairy farm · aviary · apiary

CLEANLINESS/ORDER (metaphorical sense)

piggerysterile environment

Space without living microorganisms

sanctuary · clean room · palace · showroom · operating theater

Family

piggeries

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G