pen
An enclosure (enclosed area) used to contain domesticated animals, especially sheep or cattle.
Noun 4 meanings
An enclosure (enclosed area) used to contain domesticated animals, especially sheep or cattle.
“There are two steers in the third pen.”
The bullpen.
“Two righties are up in the pen.”
A tool, originally made from a feather but now usually a small tubular instrument, containing ink used to write or make marks.
“He took notes with a pen.”
A writer, or their style.
“He has a sharp pen.”
Verb 3 meanings
To enclose in a pen.
To write (an article, a book, etc.).
To write or draw on (a surface) with a pen.
Etymology
From Middle English pen, penne (“enclosure for animals”), from Old English penn (“enclosure, fold, pen”), from Proto-Germanic *pennō, *pannijō (“pin, bolt, nail, tack”), from Proto-Indo-European *bend- (“pointed peg, nail, edge”). Related to pin.
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PEN at a glance
PEN has 3 letters and scores 5 points in Scrabble (P 3 + E 1 + N 1) and 7 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #3,703 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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