Meaning

3 senses

  1. Confinement; concealment.

  2. (informal)A pentatonic scale.

  3. (informal)A pentacle or pentagram.

Origin

From pen + -t. Clipping of pentatonic. Clipping of pentacle or pentagram.

From pen + -t.

Clipping of pentatonic.

Clipping of pentacle or pentagram.

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Forms

plural: pents
Singularpent
Pluralpents

regular

Word family

1 related words
Relatedpent roof

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
pensionB2pensionerpensivepentagonB2penthouse

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