Plural of ply
irregular plural
The plural of ply is ply, plies or plys.
Forms of ply
| Singular | ply /plaɪ/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | ply /plaɪ/ plies /plaɪz/ plys |
| Countable | countable and uncountable |
Plies and plys in a sentence
- Consequently, major lines of play are often searched many plies deeper.1996, Jonathan Schaeffer, Robert Lake, “Solving the Game of Checkers”, in Richard J. Nowakowski, editor, Games of No Chance: Combinatorial...
- The steamer plies between several ports on the coast.
- “So he plies you with jewels and pours honey in your ear, and now you feel bad?”2016, Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Mist and Fury, Bloomsbury, page 335. From the entry pour honey in one's ear
- The individual plies are then unrolled and each separated at the transverse perforations to provide separate stationery forms.1973, Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office, page 583. From the entry deleave
- Quality specifications for plywood subfloor material are such that only the outside plys are knot-free.1963, Materials Research and Standards, volume 3, page 67. From the entry plys
Meaning of ply
- noun A layer of material.
- noun A strand that, twisted together with other strands, makes up rope or yarn.
- noun In two-player sequential games, a "half-turn" or a move made by one of the players.
Plural the same as the singular
Questions about the plural of ply
- What is the plural of ply?
- The plural of ply is ply, plies or plys.
- Which is correct, plies or plys?
- Both are used. plies is the more common of the two in English writing.
- Is ply countable?
- Ply is a countable and uncountable noun.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: ply (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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