Plural of schooner
regular plural
The plural of schooner is schooners.
Forms of schooner
| Singular | schooner /skuːnə(ɹ)/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | schooners |
| Countable | countable |
Schooners in a sentence
- In addition to the square-rigged sailing ships, the schooners were the second largest group of large sailing vessels.2005, Otmar Schäuffelen, Chapman: Great Sailing Ships of the World, page xxi
- In the used boat market there are always some wooden hulls available, and occasionally ones of steel or aluminum, but fiberglass-hulled schooners are harder to come by.2007, Donald Launer, Lessons from My Good Old Boat, page 240
- The heavy and boat-shaped Conestoga wagon should not be confused with the lighter and cheaper prairie schooners that largely replaced them.From the entry Conestoga wagon
- With only the most rudimentary navigational equipment, courageous captains regularly put their small schooners into doghole ports under extremely difficult conditions.2011, Stephen W. Hinch, Hiking & Adventure Guide to the Sonoma Coast & Russian River, page 12. From the entry doghole
- “The Lunenburg cure,” heavily salted on the schooners and then dried on flakes along the rocky sheltered coastline, was traded in the Caribbean.2011, Mark Kurlansky, Cod: A Biography Of The Fish That Changed The World, Vintage Canada, →ISBN, page 128. From the entry Lunenburg cure
Meaning of schooner
- noun A sailing ship with two or more masts, all with fore-and-aft sails; if two masted, having a foremast and a mainmast.
- noun A glass for drinking a large measure of sherry.
- noun A glass of beer, of a size which varies between states (Wikipedia).
Questions about the plural of schooner
- What is the plural of schooner?
- The plural of schooner is schooners.
- Is schooner countable?
- Schooner is a countable noun.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: schooner (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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