Plural of bow
regular plural
The plural of bow is bows.
Forms of bow
| Singular | bow /ˈbəʊ̯/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | bows /baʊz/ |
| Countable | countable |
Bows in a sentence
- One of the bows had been mended with adhesive tape, and one of the lenses was cracked.1991, Stephen King, Needful Things
- That singer always bows towards her audience for some reason.
- Letterwood has often been used to make bows and walking-sticks.From the entry letterwood
- Unstring the bows before storing them.From the entry unstring
- Cracked porcelain dolls, bows, fluttering butterflies, and ghostly dresses that whisper stories of sorrow and longing.2025 August 20, Sterling Rhyn, “25+ Welwitschia Goth (whimsical emo) Crochet Patterns to Make”, in Cactus Lady Creation, archived from the…. From the entry Welwitschia Goth
Meaning of bow
- noun A weapon made of a curved piece of wood or other flexible material whose ends are connected by a string, used for shooting arrows.
- noun A curved bend in a rod or planar surface, or in a linear formation such as a river (see oxbow).
- noun A rod with horsehair (or an artificial substitute) stretched between the ends, used for playing various stringed musical instruments.
Questions about the plural of bow
- What is the plural of bow?
- The plural of bow is bows.
- Is bow countable?
- Bow is a countable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: bow (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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