HOLDING PEN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does holding pen mean? 

• HOLDING PEN (noun)
  The noun HOLDING PEN has 1 sense:

1. a pen where livestock is temporarily confined

  Familiarity information: HOLDING PEN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HOLDING PEN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A pen where livestock is temporarily confined

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

holding paddock; holding pen; holding yard

Hypernyms ("holding pen" is a kind of...):

pen (an enclosure for confining livestock)