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Plural of hearse

regular plural

The plural of hearse is hearses.

Forms of hearse

Singularhearse /hɜːs/
Pluralhearses
Countablecountable

Meaning of hearse

  1. noun A framework of wood or metal placed over the coffin or tomb of a deceased person, and covered with a pall; also, a temporary canopy bearing wax lights and set up in a church, under which the coffin was placed during the funeral ceremonies.
  2. noun A grave, coffin, tomb, or sepulchral monument.
  3. noun A bier or handbarrow for conveying the dead to the grave.

Full definition of hearse

Questions about the plural of hearse

What is the plural of hearse?
The plural of hearse is hearses.
Is hearse countable?
Hearse is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hearse (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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