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cowpen

cowpen noun: an enclosed area used to hold cows.

Noun

cowpen (plural cowpens)

  1. An enclosed area used to hold cows.
    • These burrs stuck to the tails of the cows as they walked by, and were brought to the cowpen, the cowtails greatly enlarged by the huge amount of cockleburs stuck on them.2002, Lura Spears Zerick, The Golden Olden Days, page 69
    Synonyms:
    cattle pen

cowpen meaning in Kannada

cowpen in Kannada

ಹಟ್ಟಿ, ದೊಡ್ಡಿ, ಹಟ್ಟಿಕೊಟ್ಟ

Synonyms of cowpen

Forms of cowpen

pluralcowpens

Origin of cowpen

From cow + pen.

Phrases with cowpen

Questions about cowpen

What does cowpen mean?
Cowpen means an enclosed area used to hold cows.
What is cowpen in Kannada?
Cowpen in Kannada is ಹಟ್ಟಿ, ದೊಡ್ಡಿ, ಹಟ್ಟಿಕೊಟ್ಟ. See Cowpen meaning in Kannada.
What part of speech is cowpen?
Cowpen is a noun.
What is the plural of cowpen?
The plural of cowpen is cowpens.

Words near cowpen in the dictionary

  1. cowpaths
  2. cowpats
  3. cowpea
  4. cowpeas
  5. cowped
  6. cowpen
  7. Cowpen Bewley
  8. cowpens
  9. cowpeople
  10. cowper
  11. Cowper's fluid

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cowpen (page history and authors); cowpen (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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