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Plural of shaw

regular plural

The plural of shaw is shaws.

Forms of shaw

Singularshaw /ʃɔː/
Pluralshaws
Countablecountable

Shaws in a sentence

  • Up here the hills were brave with the beauty and the heat of it, but the hayfield was still all a crackling dryness and in the potato park beyond the biggings the shaws drooped red and rusty already.1932, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Sunset Song (A Scots Quair), Polygon, published 2006, page 35

Meaning of shaw

  1. noun A thicket; a small wood or grove.
  2. noun The leaves and tops of vegetables, especially potatoes and turnips.
  3. interjection A kind of battle cry or warning.

Full definition of shaw

Questions about the plural of shaw

What is the plural of shaw?
The plural of shaw is shaws.
Is shaw countable?
Shaw is a countable noun.

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