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The correct spelling is pen.
How to pronounce pen
/pɛn/
nounIPA: /pɛn/
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The correct spelling is pen. An enclosure (enclosed area) used to contain domesticated animals, especially sheep or cattle. For example: "There are two steers in the third pen."
Usage Examples
“There are two steers in the third pen.”
“They caught him with a stolen horse, and he wound up in the pen again.”
“Two righties are up in the pen.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.An enclosure (enclosed area) used to contain domesticated animals, especially sheep or cattle.
- 2.A prison cell.
- 3.The bullpen.
- 4.A tool, originally made from a feather but now usually a small tubular instrument, containing ink used to write or make marks.
- 5.A writer, or his style.
verb
- 1.To enclose in a pen.
- 2.To write (an article, a book, etc.).
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