Plural of scarecrow
regular plural
The plural of scarecrow is scarecrows.
Forms of scarecrow
| Singular | scarecrow /ˈskɛəkɹəʊ/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | scarecrows |
| Countable | countable |
Scarecrows in a sentence
- The Canada West Foundation dismisses these concerns as "political scarecrows"; fearsome at first glance but irrelevant on closer examination.1983, Saskatchewan Law Review, volume 48, Saskatoon, Sask.: College of Law, University of Saskatchewan, →OCLC, page 114
Meaning of scarecrow
- noun An effigy, typically made of straw and dressed in old clothes, fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there.
- noun A person or animal regarded as resembling a scarecrow (sense 1) in some way; especially, a tall, thin, awkward person; or a person wearing ragged and tattered clothes.
- noun Synonym of crow scarer (“a farmhand employed to scare birds from the fields”).
Questions about the plural of scarecrow
- What is the plural of scarecrow?
- The plural of scarecrow is scarecrows.
- Is scarecrow countable?
- Scarecrow is a countable noun.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: scarecrow (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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