Plural of beaver

Forms of beaver

Beavers in a sentence

• In other words, I had fallen among a band of criminals who were not wilful beavers, but had merely assumed the fungus for purposes of disguise.1936, P. G. Wodehouse, Laughing Gas
• Europe’s giant beavers lived at the same time as the first moose, Libralces gallicus.2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 152. From the entry moose
• Early ice-age Europe was also home to giant beavers of the genus Trogontherium.2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: The First 100 Million Years, Penguin, published 2019, page 152. From the entry giant beaver
• They are semi-aquatic, resembling beavers in all but their long, rat-like tails.2015, Dave Goulson, A Buzz in the Meadow: The Natural History of a French Farm, Picador, →ISBN, page 14. From the entry coypu
• Beavers at the ready at Rust's Anchorage floatbase.2008, Airways: A Global Review of Commercial Flight, volume 15, page 15. From the entry floatbase

Meaning of beaver

1. noun A semiaquatic rodent of the genus Castor, having a wide, flat tail and webbed feet, native to the Northern Hemisphere.
2. noun The fur of the beaver.
3. noun A hat, of various shapes, made from a felted beaver fur (or later of silk), fashionable in Europe between 1550 and 1850.

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Questions about the plural of beaver

What is the plural of beaver?

The plural of beaver is beavers.

Is beaver countable?

Beaver is a countable and uncountable noun.