Plural of curl
regular plural
The plural of curl is curls.
Forms of curl
| Singular | curl /kɜːl/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | curls |
| Countable | usually uncountable |
Curls in a sentence
- He was not a mongol but there was a deficiency of a sort there, and it was not made more pretty by a latter-day hair cut which involved eccentrically long elf-locks and oiled black curls.1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 17, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC
- She curls her spine; she wedges a pillow between her knees.2004, Jacquelyn Mitchard, Twelve Times Blessed, page 249
- The teasing of her curls took nearly an hour with the fine-tooth comb.From the entry teasing
- He sat on the couch all weekend eating chips and doing twelve-ounce curls.From the entry twelve-ounce curls
- Those pretty curls were not Quakerly.From the entry Quakerly
Meaning of curl
- noun A curving piece or lock of hair; a ringlet.
- noun A curved stroke or shape.
- noun A spin making the trajectory of an object curve.
Questions about the plural of curl
- What is the plural of curl?
- The plural of curl is curls.
- Is curl countable?
- Curl is usually an uncountable noun; its plural is used for kinds or examples of it.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: curl (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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