Plural of belly
regular plural
The plural of belly is bellies.
Forms of belly
| Singular | belly /ˈbɛli/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | bellies /ˈbɛliz/ |
| Countable | countable |
Bellies in a sentence
- Most of the men were balding and had poochy beer bellies.From the entry poochy
- Blessed with round muscle bellies and a phenomenal structure, he also performed a vacuum pose on stage.2022 October 10, Aaromal Maanas, “2022 Tsunami Nutrition Pro Results and Recap”, in Sportskeeda, archived from the original on 23 Oct 2022. From the entry vacuum
- A swarm of thin neon tetra with red bellies and bright blue backs flash by.2021, Jenni Fagan, Luckenbooth, William Heinemann, page 270. From the entry neon tetra
- When kittens are nursing, they knead against their mothers' bellies to draw out milk.2012, Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Cat Lover's Companion, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN. From the entry knead
- Turning, they lost airspeed and showed their bellies to the hungry Navy gunners, and that was it.2011, James D. Hornfischer, “26: Suicide”, in Neptune's Inferno: The U.S. Navy at Guadalcanal, New York: Bantam Books, →ISBN, retrieved 17…. From the entry kiss of death
Meaning of belly
- noun The abdomen (especially a fat one).
- noun Stomach (an organ in animals that stores food in the process of digestion).
- noun Uterus (a reproductive organ of therian mammals in which the young are conceived and develop until birth).
Questions about the plural of belly
- What is the plural of belly?
- The plural of belly is bellies.
- Is belly countable?
- Belly is a countable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: belly (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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