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pen

/pɛn/ · noun

Meaning

  1. An enclosure (enclosed area) used to contain domesticated animals, especially sheep or cattle.
  2. A prison cell.
  3. The bullpen.
  4. To enclose in a pen.
  5. A tool, originally made from a feather but now usually a small tubular instrument, containing ink used to write or make marks.
  6. A writer, or his style.
  7. Marks of ink left by a pen.
  8. A light pen.
  9. The internal cartilage skeleton of a squid, shaped like a pen.
  10. A feather, especially one of the flight feathers of a bird, angel etc.
  11. To write (an article, a book, etc.).
  12. A female swan.
  13. Penalty.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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