Plural of relief
regular plural
The plural of relief is reliefs.
Forms of relief
| Singular | relief /rɪˈliːf/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | reliefs |
| Countable | countable and uncountable |
Reliefs in a sentence
- Windows and other details can be cobbed into place, and niches and reliefs are easy to create.2004, Joe Kennedy, Building Without Borders: Sustainable Construction for the Global Village, →ISBN, page 178. From the entry cob
- Cast in dark bronze and resembling Roman antiquities, Riccio's small-scale statuettes, reliefs and oil lamps seem unremarkably modest at first.2009 January 2, The New York Times, “Museum and Gallery Listings”, in New York Times. From the entry unremarkably
- Above the whole were vaults all around, ten feet high, ornamented with marvelous narrative reliefs of stucchi and figures.1978, Elisabeth B. MacDougall, editor, Fons Sapientiae: Renaissance Garden Fountains, Dumbarton Oaks, Trustees for Harvard University…. From the entry stucchi
- Another ophidian deity recognizable in Classic reliefs is the Feathered Serpent, known to the Maya as Kukulcán (and to the Toltecs and Aztecs as Quetzalcóatl).2011, Kathleen Kuiper, editor, Pre-Columbian America: Empires of the New World, Britannica Educational Publishing, →ISBN, page 62. From the entry ophidian
- They were impressed with the projecting power of the three main figures, bursting with tension, one of the most vitalic low reliefs they had seen.1961, Irving Stone, The Agony And The Ecstasy, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., page 137. From the entry vitalic
Meaning of relief
- noun The removal of stress or discomfort.
- noun The feeling associated with the removal of stress or discomfort.
- noun Release from a post or duty, as when replaced by another.
Questions about the plural of relief
- What is the plural of relief?
- The plural of relief is reliefs.
- Is relief countable?
- Relief is a countable and uncountable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: relief (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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