pen
/pɛn/ · noun
Meaning
- An enclosure (enclosed area) used to contain domesticated animals, especially sheep or cattle.
- A prison cell.
- The bullpen.
- To enclose in a pen.
- A tool, originally made from a feather but now usually a small tubular instrument, containing ink used to write or make marks.
- A writer, or his style.
- Marks of ink left by a pen.
- A light pen.
- The internal cartilage skeleton of a squid, shaped like a pen.
- A feather, especially one of the flight feathers of a bird, angel etc.
- To write (an article, a book, etc.).
- A female swan.
- Penalty.
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