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belays

belays is the plural of belay.

belays is the third-person singular simple present indicative of belay.

Meaning of belay

Noun

belay (plural belays)

  1. The securing of a rope to a rock or other sturdy object.
  2. The object to which a rope is secured.
  3. A location at which a climber stops and builds an anchor with which to secure their partner.
    • But instead of swapping over at the ice axe belay, you carry on in the lead, cutting or kicking steps until you are about twenty feet above.1967, Anthony Greenbank, Instructions in Mountaineering, page 84

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Proper noun capitalized: Belays

Belays

  1. (plural) plural of Belay

Questions about belays

What is belays the plural of?
Belays is the plural of belay.
What part of speech is belays?
Belays is a proper noun.

Words near belays in the dictionary

  1. belayer
  2. belayers
  3. belaying
  4. belaying pin
  5. belaying pins
  6. belays
  7. Belbin
  8. Belbora
  9. Belbroughton
  10. Belcarra
  11. Belcastro

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Adapted from Wiktionary: belays (page history and authors); Belays (page history and authors); belay (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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