Words / A2

PIG/pɪɡ/

A pig is a farm animal kept for meat: keep pigs, a pig farm, piglet (a baby pig). Pork is the meat from a pig; bacon and ham are types of that meat. Pig can be an insult for a messy or greedy person — avoid that unless you mean to be rude. Do not say “pig meat” in everyday English; say pork.

Meaning

A farm animal with a flat nose and a short tail, kept for meat.

Examples

• “The farmer keeps pigs on his farm.”
• “The pigs were sleeping in the shade.”
• “This farm does not keep pigs any more.”

Good to know

a pig / piglet. Meat: pork (not “pig meat”). Insult meaning: avoid in class.

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