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FARROWING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does farrowing mean? 

FARROWING (noun)
  The noun FARROWING has 1 sense:

1. the production of a litter of pigsplay

  Familiarity information: FARROWING used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FARROWING (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The production of a litter of pigs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Synonyms:

farrow; farrowing

Hypernyms ("farrowing" is a kind of...):

birth; birthing; giving birth; parturition (the process of giving birth)

Derivation:

farrow (give birth to (piglets))


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