noun
- a pen or enclosure for pigs
- a small inflamed swelling on the eyelid
Usage: medical
Examples
- The farmer cleaned out the pig sty every morning.
- Three pigs were kept in the small sty behind the barn.
- She developed a painful sty on her upper eyelid.
- The doctor recommended warm compresses to treat the sty.
- The old sty needed new fencing to keep the pigs contained.
- A sty usually heals on its own within a week.