definition of the word pen

• IPA: /pɛn/, SAMPA: /pEn/
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• Rhymes: -ɛn

Origin uncertain, perhaps related to pin.

pen (plural pens)

1. An enclosed area used to contain domesticated animals, especially sheep or cattle.

   There are two steers in the third pen.

2. A place to confine a person; a prison cell.

   They caught him with a stolen horse, and he wound up in the pen again.

3. (baseball) The bullpen.

   Two righties are up in the pen.

Definition from Wiktionary Content avaible with GNU Free Documentation License

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