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Plural of drain

regular plural

The plural of drain is drains.

Forms of drain

Singulardrain /dɹeɪn/
Pluraldrains /dɹeɪnz/
Countablecountable

Drains in a sentence

  • The water of low ground drains off.
  • When a ball finally drains, it's gulped down by a giant gator beneath the set of flippers.1990, Steven A. Schwartz, Compute's Nintendo Secrets
  • The drains were filled with gunk and no water could flow off.From the entry fill
  • The most revolting smell was coming from the drains.From the entry revolting
  • In some cases, percutaneous drains are adequate to obtain source control.2020, Virginia R Litle, Robert J Canelli, Peri-operative Management of the Thoracic Patient An Issue of Thoracic Surgery Clinics, E-Book…. From the entry soilage

Meaning of drain

  1. noun A conduit allowing liquid to flow out of an otherwise contained volume; a plughole (UK).
  2. noun An access point or conduit for rainwater that drains directly downstream in a (drainage) basin without going through sewers or water treatment in order to prevent or belay floods.
  3. noun A natural or artificial watercourse which drains a tract of land.

Full definition of drain

Questions about the plural of drain

What is the plural of drain?
The plural of drain is drains.
Is drain countable?
Drain is a countable noun.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: drain (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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