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Plural of float

regular plural

The plural of float is floats.

Forms of float

Singularfloat /fləʊt/
Pluralfloats
Countablecountable

Floats in a sentence

  • Oil floats on vinegar.
  • The yen floats against the dollar.
  • Poop that floats may sometimes point to other health issues, such as malabsorption or pancreatic-related conditions.2024 October 9, Maxine Lipner, “What Does It Mean When Your Poop Floats?”, in Health. From the entry malabsorption
  • Milk floats were flimsy at the front (especially the three-wheelers) but very strong at the back.2016, Andrew Ward, No Milk Today: The Vanishing World of the Milkman, Hachette UK, →ISBN. From the entry milk float
  • It floats on a cushion of huzun, the way an air-hockey puck hovers above the game table.2015 October 20, Dwight Garner, “Review: Orhan Pamuk’s ‘A Strangeness in My Mind’”, in New York Times. From the entry huzun

Meaning of float

  1. verb To be supported by a fluid of greater density (than the object).
  2. verb To be supported by a liquid of greater density, such that part (of the object or substance) remains above the surface.
  3. verb To cause something to be suspended in a fluid of greater density.

Full definition of float

Questions about the plural of float

What is the plural of float?
The plural of float is floats.
Is float countable?
Float is a countable noun.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: float (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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