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Plural of kelp

regular plural

The plural of kelp is kelps.

Forms of kelp

Singularkelp /kɛlp/
Pluralkelps
Countablecountable and uncountable

Kelps in a sentence

  • For the long-stalked kelps that sway in dusky forests just below the level of the spring tides, survival in the surf zone is largely a matter of chemistry.1955, Rachel Carson, chapter 2, in The Edge of the Sea, Boston: Houghton Mifflin, page 17. From the entry alginic acid

Meaning of kelp

  1. noun Any of several large brown algae seaweeds (especially of order Laminariales).
  2. noun The calcined ashes of seaweed, formerly used in glass and iodine manufacture.
  3. verb To gather kelp.

Full definition of kelp

Questions about the plural of kelp

What is the plural of kelp?
The plural of kelp is kelps.
Is kelp countable?
Kelp is a countable and uncountable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: kelp (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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