pen
noun
any of various instruments for writing or drawing with ink or a similar substance.
penlike
-
a word derived from
pen.
Example Sentences
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This penlike device used a BBQ lighter’s piezoelectric crystal, which generates a pulse of electricity when pressure is applied to it.
From Scientific American ● Nov. 16, 2021
Its penlike, silver probe seems unnecessarily chunky at the tip; I had to initially coax it into the muscle of my marinated chuck steaks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2018
It’s obvious why: controlling your mobile device with a penlike thing meant having to carry something extra, and Jobs always disdained extra things.
From Slate ● Jan. 24, 2012
He uses the mouse to make penlike lines and then deletes the “underlying” hand-drawn sketch.
From New York Times ● Feb. 9, 2011
Pilot users can jot notes and addresses into the machine with a tiny penlike stylus that traces letters onto the touch-sensitive screen, like an Etch-A-Sketch.
From Time Magazine Archive
