Plural of pencil

regular plural

The plural of pencil is pencils.

Forms of pencil

Those mechanical colored pencils work great because they don’t have to be sharpened.From the entry great
Excuse me, Miss, Donny's been pinching my pencils again.From the entry miss
When the school year finished, he put all of his stationery away in the loft, as he would have no need for pencils and exercise books during the holidays.From the entry stationery
We use pens, markers, pencils, printing presses, and spray paint to do our writing.2020 January 29, Douglas Groothuis, “Texts, Graphics, and Culture: On the Decline of Reading and Civilization”, in Douglas Groothuis…. From the entry inscripturate
“I’ll need pencils, preferably number twos,” I told Miss Rose, who, for some reason, had not budged.2015, Sheila Turnage, “Friday Night Miracle”, in The Odds of Getting Even, Kathy Dawson Books, →ISBN, page 234. From the entry number two

noun A writing utensil with a graphite (commonly referred to as lead) shaft, usually blended with clay, clad in wood, and sharpened to a taper.
noun An aggregate or collection of rays of light, especially when diverging from, or converging to, a point.
noun A family of geometric objects with a common property, such as the set of lines that pass through a given point in a projective plane.

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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