Plural of hone
regular plural
The plural of hone is hones.
Forms of hone
| Singular | hone /hoʊn/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | hones /hoʊnz/ |
| Countable | countable |
Hones in a sentence
- Push-polling hones in on an opponent's record, strip-mining it and often distorting or exaggerating it.2004, Steven Hill, Fixing Elections, →ISBN, page 159. From the entry push-polling
- The mainstream media hones in on bad news stories where UK railways are concerned, yet gives scant attention to the many items of good news emerging from the network.2021 December 29, Stephen Roberts, “Stories and facts behind railway plaques: Aylesbury (2009)”, in RAIL, number 947, page 61. From the entry scant
Meaning of hone
- noun A sharpening stone composed of extra-fine grit used for removing the burr or curl from the blade of a razor or some other edge tool.
- noun A machine tool used in the manufacture of precision bores.
- verb To sharpen with a hone; to whet.
Questions about the plural of hone
- What is the plural of hone?
- The plural of hone is hones.
- Is hone countable?
- Hone is a countable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: hone (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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