pig
see also ANIMAL, FARM
- a fat animal with short legs and a curly tail which is kept on farms for its meat: pig
- a male pig: boar (AmE hog)
- a female pig: sow
- a baby pig: piglet
- a short low noise that pigs make: grunt; verb: grunt
- a high noise that pigs make when they are excited or frightened: squeal; verb: squeal
- a farm where pigs are kept for their meat: pig farm
- a small farm building where pigs are kept: pigsty, sty (AmE pigpen)
- meat from a pig: pork (noun U)
- salted or smoked meat from a pig, usually eaten hot: bacon (noun U)
- meat from the upper part of a pig's leg: ham (noun U)
※ more on meat MEAT
- leather that is made from the skin of a pig: pigskin (noun U)
pigskin gloves
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