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pen

The correct spelling is pen.

How to pronounce pen

/pɛn/
noun

IPA: /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. 1.An enclosure (enclosed area) used to contain domesticated animals, especially sheep or cattle.
  2. 2.A prison cell.
  3. 3.The bullpen.
  4. 4.A tool, originally made from a feather but now usually a small tubular instrument, containing ink used to write or make marks.
  5. 5.A writer, or his style.

verb

  1. 1.To enclose in a pen.
  2. 2.To write (an article, a book, etc.).

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