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Plural of anvil

regular plural

The plural of anvil is anvils.

Forms of anvil

Singularanvil /ˈæn.vəl/
Pluralanvils
Countablecountable

Anvils in a sentence

  • For years, repairing a prop has involved the use of pitch blocks, similar to specially shaped anvils, and pitchometers.2001 January, Dudley Dawson, “Spin Control: When damage needs repair, place your props in good hands”, in Yachting, volume 189, number 1…. From the entry pitchometer

Meaning of anvil

  1. noun A heavy iron block used in the blacksmithing trade as a surface upon which metal can be struck and shaped.
  2. noun The incus bone in the middle ear.
  3. noun A stone or other hard surface used by a bird for breaking the shells of snails.

Full definition of anvil

Questions about the plural of anvil

What is the plural of anvil?
The plural of anvil is anvils.
Is anvil countable?
Anvil is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: anvil (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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