Plural of lobster
regular plural
The plural of lobster is lobsters.
Forms of lobster
| Singular | lobster /ˈlɒb.stə/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | lobsters |
| Countable | countable and uncountable |
Lobsters in a sentence
- His eyes unhungrily saw shelves of tins, sardines, gaudy lobsters' claws.1989 May, Dennis Brown, The Modernist Self in Twentieth-Century English Literature: A Study in Self-Fragmentation, London: Palgrave…. From the entry unhungrily
- Kirk isn’t kidding when he calls them pygmie lobsters, these fellas are big, way bigger even than the coonstripe shrimp!2024 February 14 (last accessed), Camilla Lombard, “Grilled Spot Prawns with Lime and Basil”, in Sea Forager. From the entry coonstripe shrimp
- I'll cook clams, lobsters—hot-and-spicy red potatoes and corn cobettes.2002, Patricia Hickman, Sandpebbles, page 194. From the entry cobette
- When the bag was opened, the fish immediately swam among the falling lobsters and nosed the lobsters as they were descending.1985, Southwest Fisheries Center (U.S.), Collected Reprints (volume 1). From the entry ulua
- These delicacies are widely exported and are also part of the Island's cuisine along with fresh fish, lobsters, Manx lamb, kippers and bonnag.2001, Trevor Kneale, Derek Croucher, The Isle of Man, page 96. From the entry bonnag
Meaning of lobster
- noun A crustacean of the Nephropidae family, dark green or blue-black in colour turning bright red when cooked, with a hard shell and claws, which is used as a seafood.
- noun A spiny lobster, also called the rock lobster, a crustacean of the Palinuridae family, pinkish red in colour, with a hard, spiny shell but no claws, which is used as a seafood.
- noun A slipper lobster (a crustacean of the family Scyllaridae).
Questions about the plural of lobster
- What is the plural of lobster?
- The plural of lobster is lobsters.
- Is lobster countable?
- Lobster is a countable and uncountable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: lobster (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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