pen

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Meaning

1. An enclosure (enclosed area) used to contain domesticated animals, especially sheep or cattle.
2. (slang) A penitentiary, i.e. a state or federal prison for convicted felons.
3. The bullpen.

writing brush

writing instrument

writing implement

cattle pen

cattle-pen

cheval-de-frise

kalamos

sheep hold

gaol cell

sheep-cote

painter’s brush

small cattle enclosure

hair pencil

dam up

drop a line

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pɛn/

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. Sense “prison” originally figurative extension to “enclosure for persons” (1845), later influenced by penitentiary (“prison”), being analyzed as an abbreviation (1884).

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pan

1. A wide, flat receptacle used around the house, especially for cooking.
2. The contents of such a receptacle.
3. A cylindrical receptacle about as tall as it is wide, with one long handle, usually made of metal, used for cooking in the home.
4. A deep plastic receptacle, used for washing or food preparation; a basin.
5. A wide receptacle in which gold grains are separated from gravel by washing the contents with water.
6. An expanse of level land located in a depression, especially
7. An expanse of level land located in a depression, especially
8. An expanse of level land located in a depression, especially
9. An expanse of level land located in a depression, especially
10. Short for hardpan: a hard substrate such as is formed in pans.
11. (obsolete) Synonym of pipe: a channel for lava within a volcano; the cylindrical remains of such channels.
12. Strong adverse criticism.
13. A loaf of bread; a pan-loaf.
14. (obsolete) The chamber pot in a close stool; (now) the base of a toilet, consisting of the bowl and its support.
15. A bedpan.
16. (slang) A human face, a mug.
17. The bottom flat part of a roofing panel that is between the ribs of the panel.
18. A closed vessel for boiling or evaporating as part of manufacture; a vacuum pan.
19. The part of a flintlock that holds the priming.
20. The skull, considered as a vessel containing the brain; the brainpan.
21. The brain, seen as one's intellect.
22. A recess, or bed, for the leaf of a hinge.
23. Short for steelpan.