Plural of quill
regular plural
The plural of quill is quills.
Forms of quill
| Singular | quill /kwɪl/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | quills |
| Countable | countable |
Quills in a sentence
- His hair still stood up in punk-rock quills and spikes.1990, Stephen King, The Moving Finger
- The motors are attached to the bogie frames so as to be fully springborne, and drive through quills and flexible couplings to the wheels.1952 September, “A Landmark in French Electrification”, in Railway Magazine, page 593
- No porcupine can throw its quills, but they detach easily and will remain embedded in an attacker.2011, John P. Rafferty, Rats, Bats, and Xenarthrans, page 113. From the entry porcupine
- It's good that I wasn't a wereporcupine, or his mouth would be full of quills.2011, Ilona Andrews, "Magic Dreams", Hexed, Penguin, →ISBN. From the entry wereporcupine
- He collects his penner that holds his writing quills, his knife, and his horn tube containing ink.2008, Robert Hull, Merchant, page 16. From the entry penner
Meaning of quill
- noun The lower shaft of a feather, specifically the region lacking barbs.
- noun A pen made from a feather.
- noun Any pen.
Questions about the plural of quill
- What is the plural of quill?
- The plural of quill is quills.
- Is quill countable?
- Quill is a countable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: quill (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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