Plural of shark
regular plural
The plural of shark is sharks.
Forms of shark
| Singular | shark /ʃɑːk/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | sharks |
| Countable | countable and uncountable |
Sharks in a sentence
- In the past, people did not like to eat shark because they thought sharks ate the bodies of dead sailors.1992, Miranda MacQuitty, Shark, First American edition, New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, →ISBN, page 61
- They’re a lot of sharks—all of them.1920, Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, London: Pan Books, published 1954, page 15
- It is common to find sharks off this coast.From the entry common
- Sharks are common in these waters.From the entry common
- Electrosensitive fish, such as sharks and catfish, are able to localize small prey by detection of the weak bioelectric field that these prey emanate.From the entry electrosensitive
Meaning of shark
- noun Any predatory fish of the superorder Selachimorpha, with a cartilaginous skeleton and 5 to 7 gill slits on each side of its head.
- noun Meat of this animal, consumed as food.
- noun Any fish of the class Chondrichthyes, especially an extinct shark-like holocephalian.
Questions about the plural of shark
- What is the plural of shark?
- The plural of shark is sharks.
- Is shark countable?
- Shark is a countable and uncountable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: shark (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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