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How to pronounce pen
Say it like this: /pɛn/. Listen to real recordings below and compare how it sounds in different accents.
What does pen mean?
nounAn enclosure (enclosed area) used to contain domesticated animals, especially sheep or cattle.
“There are two steers in the third pen.”
A penitentiary, i.e. a state or federal prison for convicted felons.
“They caught him with a stolen horse, and he wound up in the pen again.”
The bullpen.
“Two righties are up in the pen.”
verbTo enclose in a pen.
“Watching where shepherds pen their flocks at eve.”
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