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Plural of rag

regular plural

The plural of rag is rags.

Forms of rag

Singularrag /ɹæɡ/
Pluralrags /ɹæɡz/
Countablecountable

Rags in a sentence

  • It's semiformal. I can't show up dressed in rags!
  • rags to riches
  • Like Cinderella, the girl in rags was swept off her feet by a handsome Prince Charming.From the entry in rags
  • We need to defibrate the rags before we can make paper.From the entry defibrate
  • The street was full of wretched beggars dressed in rags.From the entry wretched

Meaning of rag

  1. noun Tattered clothes (clothing).
  2. noun A piece of old cloth, especially one used for cleaning, patching, etc.; a tattered piece of cloth; a shred or tatter.
  3. noun A shabby, beggarly person; synonym of ragamuffin.

Full definition of rag

Questions about the plural of rag

What is the plural of rag?
The plural of rag is rags.
Is rag countable?
Rag is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: rag (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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