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Plural of indentation

regular plural

The plural of indentation is indentations.

Forms of indentation

Singularindentation /ˌɪndɛnˈteɪʃən/
Pluralindentations
Countablecountable and uncountable

Indentations in a sentence

  • the indentations of a leaf
  • indentations of the coast
  • Crisp golden circles with square indentations and a hint of darker color around the outside.2017, A.R. Barley, chapter 22, in On Duty (Smoke & Bullets), Toronto, Ont.: Carina Press, Harlequin Enterprises, →ISBN. From the entry waffley
  • Indentations in the floor were interpreted as postholes and slots that once anchored wooden furniture.2007 January 31, John Noble Wilford, “Village May Have Housed Builders of Stonehenge”, in New York Times. From the entry posthole
  • A leaf having a smooth margin, without teeth or indentations of any kind, is called entire.1994, Robert E. Swanson, A Field Guide to the Trees and Shrubs of the Southern Appalachians, →ISBN, page 8. From the entry smooth

Meaning of indentation

  1. noun The act of indenting or state of being indented.
  2. noun A notch or recess, in the margin or border of anything.
  3. noun A recess or sharp depression in any surface.

Full definition of indentation

Questions about the plural of indentation

What is the plural of indentation?
The plural of indentation is indentations.
Is indentation countable?
Indentation is a countable and uncountable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: indentation (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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