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Plural of ink

regular plural

The plural of ink is inks.

Forms of ink

Singularink /ˈɪŋk/
Pluralinks
Countablecountable and uncountable

Inks in a sentence

  • The pearlescent inks have bits of shimmery, light-reflective material in them that make them look glittery; these are all transparent.2008, Alisa Golden, “Inks, Paints, and Other Media”, in Painted Paper: Techniques & Projects for Handmade Books & Cards, New York, N.Y.…. From the entry pearlescent
  • Today I lost count and mismixed my inks.2000, Robert Brunner, Letters from Martin: Summer, 1252 A.D., page 128. From the entry mismix
  • Although some cephalopod inks have been studied chemically, there’s still a lot unknown about the bioactive function of ink when released in the wild.2017 August 9, Mark Carnall, The Guardian. From the entry bioactive
  • The apparent challenges in these methods are the durability of the writings, the toxicity of the inks and the rewritability of the papers.2011, Peidong Yang, The Chemistry of Nanostructured Materials, page 28. From the entry rewritability
  • This is the way overprinting works on the ZX Spectrum: two papers or two inks give a paper, one of each gives an ink.1982, Steven Vickers, Robin Bradbeer, Sinclair ZX Spectrum: BASIC Programming. From the entry overprint

Meaning of ink

  1. noun A pigment (or dye)-based fluid used for writing, printing etc.
  2. noun A particular type, color or container of this fluid.
  3. noun The black or dark-colored fluid ejected by squid, octopus etc, as a protective strategy.

Full definition of ink

Questions about the plural of ink

What is the plural of ink?
The plural of ink is inks.
Is ink countable?
Ink is a countable and uncountable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ink (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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