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How to pronounce sty in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms pigpen, pigsty
Type of pen
Type Words
Synonyms eye infection, hordeolum, stye
Type of infection

Examples of sty

sty
One year it was my job to slop the hog we kept in a sty out behind the barn.
From the washingtonpost.com
Thankfully, it seems to me, lots of local students have chosen to sty really engaged.
From the stltoday.com
As he speaks, children play on the rusting hulk of a climbing frame next to a pig sty.
From the guardian.co.uk
Let death hang from every fence and pigs rot faceless on every sty.
From the independent.co.uk
It goes without saying, too, that people who call you a pig are the ones who belong in a sty.
From the washingtonpost.com
This from a man who had let Republican pork through by the sty-load.
From the economist.com
Let us home we kick on, sty injury free and push towards 50 points.
From the expressandstar.com
Years later, someone built a pig sty onto it and drained the pig sty into the nettle patch.
From the en.wikipedia.org
If Mode-sty can execute on its vision, I think it could really be on to something big here.
From the techcrunch.com
More examples
  • An infection of the sebaceous gland of the eyelid
  • A pen for swine
  • A sty or pigsty is a small-scale outdoor enclosure for raising domestic pigs. It is sometimes referred to as a hog pen, pigpen, pig parlor, or pig-cote. Pigsties are generally fenced areas of bare dirt and/or mud. ...
  • A pen or enclosure for swine; A messy or dirty place; To place in a sty; To live in a sty, or any messy or dirty place
  • A small red bump on the edge of the eyelid caused by an infected gland. Additional symptoms include eyelid pain, eyelid swelling, eye pain or discomfort, foreign body sensation, light sensitivity and tearing.
  • A blocked gland at the edge of the lid which has become infected by bacteria.
  • A .STY file contains encyclopedia style settings for symbols and text. A .STY file from one encyclopedia could be exported and applied on another encyclopedia. The file is automatically created the first time you save a Format File, Format Menu , and is named with the following syntax: xxxxxxxx. ...
  • Inflammation of one or more sebaceous, or fluid-producing, glands of an eyelid.
  • A small pig-house, usually with an outdoor run.