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How to pronounce pen in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms penitentiary
Type of correctional institution
Type Words
Synonyms compose, indite, write
Type of create verbally
Has types dramatise, dramatize, draw, fling off, footnote, knock off, lyric, outline, paragraph, poetise, poetize, profile, reference, rewrite, scratch off, script, toss off, verse, versify, write about, write copy, write of, write off, write on, write out, write up, adopt, annotate, author, cite, dash off, draft
Derivation penning
Type Words
Synonyms playpen
Type of enclosure
Type Words
Type of enclosure
Has types sheepcote, corral, cow pen, creep, fold, holding paddock, holding pen, holding yard, kraal, paddock, sty, pigpen, pigsty, pinfold, rodeo, sheep pen, sheepfold, cattle pen
Type Words
Type of writing implement
Has types sharpie, ballpoint, quill, magic marker, quill pen, biro, fountain pen, ballpoint pen, ballpen, felt-tip pen, felt-tipped pen, felt tip
Type Words
Type of swan

Examples of pen

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This book contains occasional pen-and-ink sketches, which are whimsical at best.
From the stltoday.com
A boy in camouflage pants and rubber boots held an autograph pen and a baseball.
From the thenewstribune.com
Even the French word for cartridge, cartouche, is the same word for pen refills.
From the businessweek.com
I then used a silver pen to label each cord so I easily can find the one I need.
From the sacbee.com
So you grab a pen from a table and write on a pad next to it and take the sheet.
From the nbr.co.nz
Wales have the advantage but it goes back for the pen when Ryan Jones knocks on.
From the telegraph.co.uk
His menu descriptions are longer than La Croisette, his pen as heavy as a brick.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Afterwards you upload the audio and the record of the pen movements to computer.
From the telegraph.co.uk
My very special reason for going was to visit my pen friend of almost ten years.
From the telegraph.co.uk
More examples
  • A writing implement with a point from which ink flows
  • Write: produce a literary work; "She composed a poem"; "He wrote four novels"
  • An enclosure for confining livestock
  • Playpen: a portable enclosure in which babies may be left to play
  • Penitentiary: a correctional institution for those convicted of major crimes
  • Female swan
  • A pen (Latin pinna, feather) is a long, thin, rounded device used to apply ink to a surface for the purpose of writing or drawing, usually on paper. There are several different types, including ballpoint, rollerball, fountain, and felt-tip. ...
  • A pen is an enclosure for holding livestock. The term describes multiple types of enclosures that may confine one or many animals. Construction and terminology varies depending on region of the world, purpose, animal species to be confined, local materials used, and cultural tradition. ...
  • Pen is a play by David Marshall Grant. It has been produced at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Playwrights Horizons in New York City.