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| Main Entry: | |
| 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
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Notes: | compose is preferred when the parts of the whole being assembled are regarded as nonconcrete and more general; when the parts are concrete and specific, then constitute is more appropriate, and then there is comprise, which can mean 'comprehending or encompassing certain parts' |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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