BULLPEN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bullpen mean? 

• BULLPEN (noun)
  The noun BULLPEN has 2 senses:

1. a place on a baseball field where relief pitchers can warm up during a game

2. a large cell where prisoners (people awaiting trial or sentence or refugees or illegal immigrants) are confined together temporarily

  Familiarity information: BULLPEN used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BULLPEN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A place on a baseball field where relief pitchers can warm up during a game

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("bullpen" is a kind of...):

area (a part of a structure having some specific characteristic or function)

Holonyms ("bullpen" is a part of...):

ballpark; park (a facility in which ball games are played (especially baseball games))

Sense 2

Meaning:

A large cell where prisoners (people awaiting trial or sentence or refugees or illegal immigrants) are confined together temporarily

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

bullpen; detention cell; detention centre

Hypernyms ("bullpen" is a kind of...):

cell; jail cell; prison cell (a room where a prisoner is kept)