Plural of blockbuster
regular plural
The plural of blockbuster is blockbusters.
Forms of blockbuster
| Singular | blockbuster /ˈblɒkˌbʌs.tə(ɹ)/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | blockbusters |
| Countable | countable |
Blockbusters in a sentence
- Whereas White residents fell prey to blockbusters who stoked fears of invading Negroes and plummeting housing values during the 1950s, African Americans confronted more-than-imagined difficulties in neighborhoods after the 1968 riots.2016, Sabiyha Prince, African Americans and Gentrification in Washington, D.C., page 106
- Multiscreens can show blockbusters which have not yet attracted their full audience.1997, AIMAC Proceedings, page 492. From the entry multiscreen
- Blockbusters and primetime must-sees are not cornerstones of either business, nor are they chasing ticket sales or advertising dollars.2018, Mark Sweney, “Battle rejoins between TV’s two biggest stars: Netflix and Amazon”, in Guardian. From the entry must-sees
- UK cinemas are to ban the headsets over fears that the gadgets can be used to make pirate copies of Hollywood blockbusters.2014 June 29, Adam Sherwin, “UK cinemas ban Google glasses over piracy risk”, in The Independent. From the entry show off
Meaning of blockbuster
- noun A high-explosive bomb used for the purposes of demolishing extensive areas, such as a city block.
- noun Something, such as a film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and achieves enormous sales, as opposed to a box office bomb.
- noun Something, especially an event or a film, book or other creative work, that is intended to achieve high sales (perhaps indicated by large budgets or high advertising spending) or that is conceived on a large or epic scale.
Questions about the plural of blockbuster
- What is the plural of blockbuster?
- The plural of blockbuster is blockbusters.
- Is blockbuster countable?
- Blockbuster is a countable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: blockbuster (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.
Last updated:
Cite this page: “Plural of blockbuster.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/plural/blockbuster. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.