Plural of prawn
irregular plural
The plural of prawn is prawn or prawns.
Forms of prawn
| Singular | prawn /pɹɔːn/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | prawn /pɹɔːn/ prawns |
| Countable | countable and uncountable |
Prawns in a sentence
- The aphrodisiac nature of prawns is evident in an epigram by the Greek poet Asclepiades.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 197
- That bucket of raw prawns you left in the sun is a bit on the nose.From the entry on the nose
- Try using abalone gut, peeled prawns and cunji for bait for the bream and drummer found here.2007, Gary Brown, Fishing Guide to Sydney-Hawkesbury, page 77. From the entry cunji
- Beluga caviar, milk-fed veal, giant Pacific prawns, truffled foie gras from Périgord, wild rice.1965, Tony Gray, Starting from Tomorrow, page 87. From the entry facility trip
- "You got to wait for the tide to run out for prawns.1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 136. From the entry king prawn
Meaning of prawn
- noun A crustacean of the suborder Dendrobranchiata.
- noun A crustacean, sometimes confused with shrimp.
- noun Synonym of butterface: A woman with an attractive body but an unattractive face.
Plural the same as the singular
Questions about the plural of prawn
- What is the plural of prawn?
- The plural of prawn is prawn or prawns.
- Is prawn countable?
- Prawn is a countable and uncountable noun.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: prawn (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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