pen
An enclosure (enclosed area) used to contain domesticated animals, especially sheep or cattle.
Example
“There are two steers in the third pen.”
Other meanings
A tool, originally made from a feather but now usually a small tubular instrument, containing ink used to write or make marks.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 .
“He has a sharp pen.”
A kind of
- enclosure
Kinds of pen
- cow pen
- creep
- fold
- holding pen
Example sentences
Word history
From Old English "penn" (enclosure, fold, pen).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “pen” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.