sheep pen
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1.2
- noun
- /ʃip pɛn/
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- The sheep pen was filled with the noise of the mothers baaing deep in their throats and the squeaky lost bleats of the half-day lambs.
Examples
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The man who does not enter the sheep pen by the gate... but climbs in some other way is a thief and a robber!
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Jeb, you go down by the sheep pen.
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I have other sheep that are not of this sheep pen.
Blog text (29) -
There are other sheep which belong to me... that are not in this sheep pen.
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Finds the jackets and hands them in through the sheep pen door.
Fiction book (1993) -
The sheep pen -- it's a ghastly, bloody mess.
Fiction book (1990) -
The sheep shearing demonstration is taking place right now at the south end of the County Show ground in the sheep pens.
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The ground here is all torn up like the sheep pen—and the music is coming from underneath!
Fiction book (1990) -
Once the sheep pen is decent, Ariella gets Dirk to help her wrestle a bag of shavings onto the toboggan.
Fiction book (1993) -
The farmer built a new sheep pen to keep the flock safe from predators.
Synonyms
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3.5
A small area for keeping animals like pigs or chickens
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5.3
An enclosure for keeping farm animals like cattle or horses
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7.4
A small pen where sheep or goats stay at night
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6.3
A fenced area where people keep animals like cows and sheep before transport or slaughter
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3.1
A small fenced area where farmers keep animals before moving them
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6.2
A fenced or walled area for keeping sheep
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9.9
A small shelter for farm animals like sheep or pigeons
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9.9
A small shelter or fenced area for keeping sheep
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5.1
A fenced area where animals like sheep wait briefly before someone moves them
A building on a farm where sheep are kept and have their wool cut
An enclosed area where farmers keep animals for a short time before moving them
A small fenced area that holds animals like sheep or cattle for a short time
An outdoor area where farmers keep and feed animals when they cannot graze
An enclosure where stray animals are kept until their owners get them back
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'an enclosure for confining sheep' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'sheep' (the animal) with 'pen' (an enclosure for livestock). This straightforward noun+noun composition follows regular English compounding patterns and is cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents can reliably infer the meaning.
Etymology
The noun sheep pen comes from the simple picture of a small fenced area used to hold sheep and a pen where farmers keep animals. That's why it means 'an enclosure for confining sheep'.