Plural of cylinder
regular plural
The plural of cylinder is cylinders.
Forms of cylinder
| Singular | cylinder /ˈsɪlɪndə(ɹ)/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | cylinders |
| Countable | countable |
Cylinders in a sentence
- The bore times the stroke times the number of cylinders equals displacement.From the entry bore
- This engine is bored and stroked: the cylinders have been bored out, and the original crankshaft has been replaced with one that has longer throws.From the entry bore out
- The cylinders of your engine are so worn the rings don't seal any more; you have to have it rebored to stop it from burning oil.From the entry rebore
- Rebuilding aluminum master cylinders may require resleeving using the usual machine shop processes.2010, Sean Bennett, Heavy Duty Truck Systems, page 976. From the entry resleeve
- Similarly, the cylinder heads are located by spigoting the upper ends of the cylinders into them.1956, The Automobile Engineer, volume 46, page 118. From the entry spigot
Meaning of cylinder
- noun A surface created by projecting a closed two-dimensional curve along an axis intersecting the plane of the curve.
- noun A solid figure bounded by a cylinder and two parallel planes intersecting the cylinder.
- noun Any object in the form of a circular cylinder.
Questions about the plural of cylinder
- What is the plural of cylinder?
- The plural of cylinder is cylinders.
- Is cylinder countable?
- Cylinder is a countable noun.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: cylinder (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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