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Plural of hood

regular plural

The plural of hood is hoods.

Forms of hood

Singularhood /hʊd/
Pluralhoods /hʊdz/
Countablecountable

Hoods in a sentence

  • Teen-age hoods steal cars in cities, take them into the pines, strip them, ignite them, and leave the scene.1968, John McPhee, chapter 7, in The Pine Barrens
  • For maximum corrosion resistance, the company builds its doors, hoods and decklids of galvanized steel.2007 November 25, Don Sherman, “Rust-Free Reality: Creating an All-New Classic”, in New York Times. From the entry decklid
  • All right, it was really two women wearing pink bunny hoods.2005, Danie Martin, Always Another Mountain: A Woman Hiking the Appalachian Trail from Springer Mountain to Mount Katahdin…. From the entry Easter Bunny
  • An order asserted itself, and the hoods on the furnaces were oped wide, and a final march was organized.2024 September 28, Harry Blank, “Not Ready for Prime Time”, in Deadlined, →ISBN, page 604. From the entry battery
  • I gaffed down the sleeves to my lens hoods instead of just relying on the drawstring to hold it in place.2013 July 19, Kai-Huei Yau, “Shoot before you dye”, in Tri-City Herald, archived from the original on 20 Feb 2020. From the entry gaff

Meaning of hood

  1. noun A head covering placed on falcons to inhibit their vision.
  2. noun A head and neck covering placed on horses to protect against insects and sunlight, to slow coat growth and for warmth.
  3. noun A distinctively colored fold of material, representing a university degree.

Full definition of hood

Questions about the plural of hood

What is the plural of hood?
The plural of hood is hoods.
Is hood countable?
Hood is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hood (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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