Associations to the word «Pent»

Wiktionary

PENT, adjective. Confined in a pen, imprisoned.
PENT, verb. (obsolete) simple past tense and past participle of pen; alternative form of penned
PENT ROOF, noun. A sloping roof with a singular surface.
PENT ROOF, noun. A short roof appended to the side of a building, particularly barns.
PENT ROOF, noun. Shortened for a penta engine also known as a pent-roof combustion chamber
PENT ROOFS, noun. Plural of pent roof
PENT UP, adjective. Alternative spelling of pent-up

Dictionary definition

PENT, adjective. Closely confined.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats