penpen1 /pɛn/ ●●● noun
1
[countable, uncountable] an instrument used for writing and drawing in ink:
a ballpoint pen
Write your essays in pen (=using a pen), not pencil.2[countable] a small area surrounded by a fence that farm animals are kept in → pigpen [Origin: (1) 1200–1300 Old French penne “feather, pen,” from Latin penna “feather”]



