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Plural of pin

regular plural

The plural of pin is pins.

Forms of pin

Singularpin /pɪn/
Pluralpins /pɪnz/
Countablecountable

Pins in a sentence

  • I'm not so good on my pins these days.
  • The UK standard connector for domestic mains electricity has three pins.
  • The ineptness of the novice jugglers was apparent as they frequently dropped their juggling pins.From the entry ineptness
  • My arm fell asleep. You know, like pins and needles.From the entry asleep
  • A centerhung sash window rotates horizontally on hinge pins at its center. When open, the top part tilts into the room and to bottom part tilts outside.From the entry centerhung

Meaning of pin

  1. noun A needle without an eye (usually) made of drawn-out steel wire with one end sharpened and the other flattened or rounded into a head, used for fastening.
  2. noun A small nail with a head and a sharp point.
  3. noun A cylindrical piece of solid material, often of wood or metal, used to fasten or as a bearing between two parts.

Full definition of pin

Questions about the plural of pin

What is the plural of pin?
The plural of pin is pins.
Is pin countable?
Pin is a countable noun.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: pin (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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