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Plural of obstacle

regular plural

The plural of obstacle is obstacles.

Forms of obstacle

Singularobstacle /ˈɒbstəkəl/
Pluralobstacles
Countablecountable

Obstacles in a sentence

  • You need to find a route that you can take between these two obstacles.From the entry route
  • He continued tenaciously, doggedly continuing over all obstacles.From the entry tenaciously
  • Now that we have done the impossible we can finish it, all that remain are rather easy and surmountable obstacles.From the entry surmountable
  • Hats off to the Jamaican bobsled team for their able representation of their country in the Olympics against serious obstacles.From the entry hats off
  • Kiron maneuvered the jetter around obstacles, and glided into the open ocean.2018, Aurora Springer, Rishalt. From the entry jetter

Meaning of obstacle

  1. noun Something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress, either physically or figuratively.

Full definition of obstacle

Questions about the plural of obstacle

What is the plural of obstacle?
The plural of obstacle is obstacles.
Is obstacle countable?
Obstacle is a countable noun.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: obstacle (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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