1. enclosures where pigs are kept
Usage: plural of pigsty
2. very messy or dirty places
Usage: informal; figurative use

Examples

• The farmer cleaned out the pigsties every morning.
• Three pigsties housed the farm’s prize-winning hogs.
• The old pigsties needed new fencing and fresh straw.
• Her teenage sons had turned their bedrooms into pigsties.
• The restaurant kitchen was shut down because inspectors found it resembled one of the worst pigsties.
• After the party, the house looked like a collection of pigsties.