sty

🇺🇸 /staɪ/ 🇬🇧 /staɪ/
Frequency
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Tags RARE
noun
R

A place where pigs are kept.

The farmer cleaned the sty to make it a better home for the pigs.

R

A very messy and dirty place.

After the party, the living room looked like a sty.

R

An infection of the eyelid that causes redness and pain.

The doctor said the child had a sty and needed medicine to get better.

translation

n. A place where pigs are kept.; A very messy and dirty place.; An infection of the eyelid that causes redness and pain.

Word Forms

Plural sties