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Plural of gray

regular plural

The plural of gray is grays.

Forms of gray

Singulargray /ɡɹeɪ/
Pluralgrays /ɡɹeɪz/
Countablecountable

Grays in a sentence

  • Most have a rather "blendy" look in soft tans, olive-tans and grays.1963, Men's Wear, volume 147, page 39. From the entry blendy
  • Shteyngart is a master panoramist who paints in just three tones: exhausted grays, despairing browns and superficial golds.2006 April 30, Walter Kirn, “Russian Unorthodox”, in The New York Times. From the entry panoramist
  • Grays, from slate gray to dove gray, Burgundy, rose, purple shades and browns are worth more than a passing thought.1916 March 28, Adele Mendel, “New Conceptions of Spring Modes”, in Santa Ana Daily Evening Register, volume XI, number 102, Santa Ana…. From the entry burgundy
  • The fleeces of black Montadales (which produce a range of grays) are intended only for handspinners and small-scale artisan yarn production, because they are useless to the mass-industrial system.2011, Carol Ekarius, Deborah Robson, The Fleece & Fiber Sourcebook, →ISBN. From the entry montadale
  • The grays take over the reds' habitat, eat voraciously and harbor a virus named squirrel parapox (harmless to humans) that does not harm grays but can devastate reds.2009 January 7, Marlena Spieler, “Saving a Squirrel by Eating One”, in New York Times. From the entry parapox

Meaning of gray

  1. adjective Of a color between black and white, having neutral hue and intermediate brightness.
  2. adjective Dreary, gloomy, cloudy.
  3. adjective Of indistinct, disputed or uncertain quality or acceptability.

Full definition of gray

Questions about the plural of gray

What is the plural of gray?
The plural of gray is grays.
Is gray countable?
Gray is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: gray (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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