hen

noun/hɛn/

Frequency rank: #7,135 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

A female chicken, especially one kept for laying eggs.

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Example sentence

The farmer collected fresh eggs from every hen in the coop this morning.

Synonyms & related words

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