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”]
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”]
