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Pen

/pɛn/

An enclosure (enclosed area) used to contain domesticated animals, especially sheep or cattle.

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📖 Definitions of "Pen"

noun

1
An enclosure (enclosed area) used to contain domesticated animals, especially sheep or cattle.
"There are two steers in the third pen."
2
A prison cell.
"They caught him with a stolen horse, and he wound up in the pen again."
3
The bullpen.
"Two righties are up in the pen."

🔄 Synonyms of "Pen"

5 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
composeverb	(transitive or intransitive) To construct by mental labor; to think up; particularly, to produce or create a literary or musical work.
inditeverb	(transitive) To write (something, especially a literary or artistic work); to compose.
penitentiarynoun	(chiefly US) A state or federal prison for convicted felons; (loosely) a prison.
writeverb	(ambitransitive) To form letters, words or symbols on a surface in order to communicate.
playpennoun	An enclosure in which babies or small children can play.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Pen"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
playpennoun	An enclosure in which babies or small children can play.
penitentiarynoun	(chiefly US) A state or federal prison for convicted felons; (loosely) a prison.
composeverb	(transitive or intransitive) To construct by mental labor; to think up; particularly, to produce or create a literary or musical work.
inditenoun	(mineralogy) An extremely rare indium-iron sulfide mineral.
writenoun	The act or style of writing.
paddocknoun	(also figuratively) A small enclosure or field of grassland, especially one used to exercise or graze horses or other animals.
corralnoun	An enclosure for livestock, especially a circular one.
basinnoun	A depression, natural or artificial, containing water.
stynoun	A pen or enclosure for swine.
bullpennoun	(baseball) An enclosed area for pitchers to warm up in during a game.
wipernoun	Something, such as a windscreen wiper, that is designed for wiping.
feltnoun	A cloth or stuff made of matted fibres of wool, or wool and fur, fulled or wrought into a compact substance by rolling and pressure, with lees or size, without spinning or weaving.
eyelinernoun	Makeup used to outline the eye, generally applied along or close to the lashline.
needlenoun	A long, thin, sharp implement usually for piercing as in sewing, embroidery, acupuncture, tattooing, body piercing, medical injections, sutures, etc; or a blunt but otherwise similar implement used for forming loops or knots in crafts such as darning, knitting, tatting, etc.
holenoun	A hollow place or cavity; an excavation; a pit; a dent; a depression; a fissure.
binnoun	A box, frame, crib, or enclosed place, used as a storage container.
boxnoun	Senses relating to a three-dimensional object or space.
sopnoun	A piece of solid food to be soaked in liquid food.
fountainnoun	An artificial, usually ornamental, water feature (usually in a garden or public place) consisting of one or more streams of water originating from a statue or other structure.
sticknoun	An elongated piece of wood or similar material, typically put to some use, for example as a wand or baton.