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Plural of coping

regular plural

The plural of coping is copings.

Forms of coping

Singularcoping
Pluralcopings
Countablecountable and uncountable

Copings in a sentence

  • Usually found on multiface dials, but also used on roofs, wall copings, and so forth.2012, R. Newton Mayall, Margaret W. Mayall, Sundials: Their Construction and Use, page 206. From the entry multiface

Meaning of coping

  1. noun The top layer of a brick wall, especially one that slopes in order to throw off water.
  2. noun The process of managing taxing circumstances, expending effort to solve personal and interpersonal problems, and seeking to master, minimize, reduce or tolerate stress or conflict.
  3. noun The process of clipping the beak or talons of a bird.

Full definition of coping

Questions about the plural of coping

What is the plural of coping?
The plural of coping is copings.
Is coping countable?
Coping is a countable and uncountable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: coping (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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