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| Main Entry: |
pen
 [pen] 
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | enclosure |
| Synonyms: | cage, coop, corral, fence, fold, hedge, hutch, jail, penitentiary, prison, sty, wall* |
| Antonyms: | open space |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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| Main Entry: | pen |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | enclose |
| Synonyms: | box, cage, case, close in, confine, coop, corral, fence in, hedge, hem in, mew, shut in |
| Antonyms: | free, let go, release |
| Main Entry: | pen |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | write |
| Synonyms: | autograph, commit to paper, compose, draft, draw up, engross, indict, jot down |
| Antonyms: | speak |
Example Sentences
- One of the delights of writing in pen is that you can write continuously without having to stop to sharpen your stylus.
- The new corporate leaders will no longer be pen pushers and bean counters.
- In our net pens, the fish only take up three per cent of the pen volume.
| Main Entry: | autograph |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | write signature |
| Synonyms: | endorse, engross, handwrite, ink, inscribe, pen, sign, signature, subscribe, write by hand |
| Main Entry: | booth |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | small enclosure or building |
| Synonyms: | berth, box, carrel, compartment, coop, corner, cote, counter, cubbyhole, cubicle, dispensary, hut, hutch, nook, pen, pew, repository, shed, stall, stand |
| Main Entry: | cage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | enclosure with bars |
| Synonyms: | coop, corral, crate, enclosure, fold, jail, mew, pen, pinfold, pound |
| Main Entry: | cage |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hold in enclosure |
| Synonyms: | close in, confine, coop up, enclose, envelop, fence in, hem, immure, impound, imprison, incarcerate, jail, lock up, mew, pen, restrain, shut in, shut up |
| Antonyms: | free, let go, let out, release |
| Main Entry: | cell |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | small room, container |
| Synonyms: | alcove, antechamber, apartment, bastille, booth, burrow, cage, cavity, chamber, cloister, closet, compartment, coop, crib, crypt, cubicle, den, dungeon, hold, hole, keep, lockup, nook, pen, receptacle, recess, retreat, stall, tower, vault |
| Notes: | a cell is a small compartment or the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms, while sell means to exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent |
| Main Entry: | compose |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | create writing, artwork, or music |
| Synonyms: | author, bang out, cast, clef, coin a phrase, comp, conceive, contrive, cook up, design, devise, discover, draw up, dream up, fabricate, forge, form, formulate, frame*, fudge together, ghost*, ghostwrite, imagine, indite, invent, knock off, knock out, make up, note down, orchestrate, originate, pen, poetize, produce, push pencil, put down, put pen to paper, score, scribble, script, set type, set up, time, turn out, whip up, write |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2012 by the Philip Lief Group.
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