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Word entry · 3 letters

sty

Best crossword clue

"Pig pen"

3 letters · collected on this word page

3 lettersPronunciation /staɪ/Part of speech nounSorted styStarts with SEnds with Y2 cluesCommon crossword word
1S2T3Y

Definitions

  1. A pen for pigs, or an inflamed swelling on the eyelid.

Word origin

From Middle English sty, from Old English stī, stiġ (“sty, pen, a wooden enclosure; hall”, chiefly in compounds).

Used in a sentence

  • To roll with pleasure in a sensual sty.
    Comus
  • and here you sty me In this hard rock, whiles you do keep from me The rest o' the island
  • The beast impatient of his smarting wound, / And of so fierce and forcible despight, / Thought with his wings to stye aboue the ground [...].

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Pig pen3 letters
02Eye infection3 letters

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