"pen pal" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "pen pals",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "pen pal (plural pen pals)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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          "kind": "other",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w"
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            "Fundamental"
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            "Communication",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A friend with whom one communicates using letters, usually over a long distance."
      ],
      "id": "en-pen_pal-en-noun-BJTBQ9pB",
      "links": [
        [
          "communicate",
          "communicate"
        ],
        [
          "letter",
          "letter"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "penfriend"
        }
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ṣadīq bi-l-murāsala",
          "sense": "friend with whom one communicates using letters",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "صَدِيق بِالْمُرَاسَلَة"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "friend with whom one communicates using letters",
          "word": "筆友"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "bǐyǒu",
          "sense": "friend with whom one communicates using letters",
          "word": "笔友"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "tōngxìn péngyou",
          "sense": "friend with whom one communicates using letters",
          "word": "通信朋友"
        },
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "friend with whom one communicates using letters",
          "word": "přítel na dopisování"
        },
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "friend with whom one communicates using letters",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "penneven"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "friend with whom one communicates using letters",
          "word": "kirjekaveri"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "friend with whom one communicates using letters",
          "word": "kirjeenvaihtotoveri"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "friend with whom one communicates using letters",
          "word": "kirjeystävä"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "friend with whom one communicates using letters",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "correspondant"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "friend with whom one communicates using letters",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "correspondante"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "friend with whom one communicates using letters",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Brieffreund"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "friend with whom one communicates using letters",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Brieffreundin"
        },
        {
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "sense": "friend with whom one communicates using letters",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "חבר לעט"
        },
        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "friend with whom one communicates using letters",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "pennavinur"
        },
        {
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "friend with whom one communicates using letters",
          "word": "teman pena"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "friend with whom one communicates using letters",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "amico di penna"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "friend with whom one communicates using letters",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "amica di penna"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "penfurendo",
          "sense": "friend with whom one communicates using letters",
          "word": "ペンフレンド"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "penparu",
          "sense": "friend with whom one communicates using letters",
          "word": "ペンパル"
        },
        {
          "alt": "ぶんつうなかま",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "buntsū nakama",
          "sense": "friend with whom one communicates using letters",
          "word": "文通仲間"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "penpal",
          "sense": "friend with whom one communicates using letters",
          "word": "펜팔"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "pen peurendeu",
          "sense": "friend with whom one communicates using letters",
          "word": "펜 프렌드"
        },
        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "friend with whom one communicates using letters",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "brevvenn"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "sense": "friend with whom one communicates using letters",
          "word": "دوستی نامه ای"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "dost-e mokâtebe-aye",
          "sense": "friend with whom one communicates using letters",
          "word": "دوست مکاتبهای"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "friend with whom one communicates using letters",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "przyjaciel korespondencyjny"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "friend with whom one communicates using letters",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "przyjaciółka korespondencyjna"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "friend with whom one communicates using letters",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "amigo por correspondência"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "friend with whom one communicates using letters",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "correspondente"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "drug po perepíske",
          "sense": "friend with whom one communicates using letters",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "друг по перепи́ске"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "podrúga po perepíske",
          "sense": "friend with whom one communicates using letters",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "подру́га по перепи́ске"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "friend with whom one communicates using letters",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "amigo por correspondencia"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "friend with whom one communicates using letters",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "brevvän"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "pʉ̂ʉan taang jòt-mǎai",
          "sense": "friend with whom one communicates using letters",
          "word": "เพื่อนทางจดหมาย"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "friend with whom one communicates using letters",
          "word": "bạn qua thư"
        }
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "pen pal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "pen pal"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "pen pals",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "pen pal (plural pen pals)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
        "en:People",
        "en:Writing"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A friend with whom one communicates using letters, usually over a long distance."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "communicate",
          "communicate"
        ],
        [
          "letter",
          "letter"
        ]
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "pen pal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "penfriend"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ṣadīq bi-l-murāsala",
      "sense": "friend with whom one communicates using letters",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "صَدِيق بِالْمُرَاسَلَة"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "friend with whom one communicates using letters",
      "word": "筆友"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bǐyǒu",
      "sense": "friend with whom one communicates using letters",
      "word": "笔友"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "tōngxìn péngyou",
      "sense": "friend with whom one communicates using letters",
      "word": "通信朋友"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "friend with whom one communicates using letters",
      "word": "přítel na dopisování"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "friend with whom one communicates using letters",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "penneven"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "friend with whom one communicates using letters",
      "word": "kirjekaveri"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "friend with whom one communicates using letters",
      "word": "kirjeenvaihtotoveri"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "friend with whom one communicates using letters",
      "word": "kirjeystävä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "friend with whom one communicates using letters",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "correspondant"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "friend with whom one communicates using letters",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "correspondante"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "friend with whom one communicates using letters",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Brieffreund"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "friend with whom one communicates using letters",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Brieffreundin"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "friend with whom one communicates using letters",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "חבר לעט"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "friend with whom one communicates using letters",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pennavinur"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "friend with whom one communicates using letters",
      "word": "teman pena"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "friend with whom one communicates using letters",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "amico di penna"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "friend with whom one communicates using letters",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "amica di penna"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "penfurendo",
      "sense": "friend with whom one communicates using letters",
      "word": "ペンフレンド"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "penparu",
      "sense": "friend with whom one communicates using letters",
      "word": "ペンパル"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ぶんつうなかま",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "buntsū nakama",
      "sense": "friend with whom one communicates using letters",
      "word": "文通仲間"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "penpal",
      "sense": "friend with whom one communicates using letters",
      "word": "펜팔"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "pen peurendeu",
      "sense": "friend with whom one communicates using letters",
      "word": "펜 프렌드"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "friend with whom one communicates using letters",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "brevvenn"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "friend with whom one communicates using letters",
      "word": "دوستی نامه ای"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "dost-e mokâtebe-aye",
      "sense": "friend with whom one communicates using letters",
      "word": "دوست مکاتبهای"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "friend with whom one communicates using letters",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "przyjaciel korespondencyjny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "friend with whom one communicates using letters",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "przyjaciółka korespondencyjna"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "friend with whom one communicates using letters",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "amigo por correspondência"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "friend with whom one communicates using letters",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "correspondente"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "drug po perepíske",
      "sense": "friend with whom one communicates using letters",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "друг по перепи́ске"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "podrúga po perepíske",
      "sense": "friend with whom one communicates using letters",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "подру́га по перепи́ске"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "friend with whom one communicates using letters",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "amigo por correspondencia"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "friend with whom one communicates using letters",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "brevvän"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "pʉ̂ʉan taang jòt-mǎai",
      "sense": "friend with whom one communicates using letters",
      "word": "เพื่อนทางจดหมาย"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "friend with whom one communicates using letters",
      "word": "bạn qua thư"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pen pal"
}