Plural of beef
irregular plural
The plural of beef is beef or beefs.
Forms of beef
| Singular | beef /biːf/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | beef /biːf/ beefs /ˈbiːfə/ |
| Countable | countable and uncountable |
Beefs in a sentence
- But the cars & trucks held cartons of roast chickens, slabs of cheeses, loaves of bread, racks of hotdogs, case upon case of soft drinks, cases of bottled sparkling water, pies, cakes, roast beefs & baked hams.2008, Red Jordan Arobateau, Leader of the Pack, page 136
- The man most recently murdered is said to have been a key defense witness in the trial of two other Indians facing hanging beefs for their alleged killing of a guard.1986 February 15, Ed Mead, “untitled”, in Gay Commmunity News, volume 7, number 29, page 9
- I tell the waiter, 'We'll have two roast beefs, one well-done, the other medium rare.'2000, Phyllis-Terri Gold, Saving Grace: A Spiritual Love Story, page 51. From the entry roast beef
- We used to pack a lot of roast beefs.2009, Carole M. Counihan, A Tortilla Is Like Life: Food and Culture in the San Luis Valley of Colorado, page 80. From the entry roast beef
- “Everybody's out partying, people start drinking, old beefs pop up, and people get their beer muscles out and start fighting.”2009 July 3, Andrew W. Lehren, Christine Hauser, “In New York City, Fewer Murders on Rainy Days”, in New York Times, retrieved 03 Jan 2010. From the entry beer muscles
Meaning of beef
- noun The meat from cattle or other bovines; especially, that from adults.
- noun The edible portions of a cow (including those which are not meat).
- noun Muscle or musculature; size, strength or potency.
Plural the same as the singular
Questions about the plural of beef
- What is the plural of beef?
- The plural of beef is beef or beefs.
- Is beef countable?
- Beef is a countable and uncountable noun.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: beef (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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