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Plural of shim

regular plural

The plural of shim is shims.

Forms of shim

Singularshim /ʃɪm/
Pluralshims
Countablecountable

Meaning of shim

  1. noun A wedge.
  2. noun A thin piece of material, sometimes tapered, used for alignment or support.
  3. noun A small library that transparently intercepts and modifies calls to an API, usually for compatibility purposes.

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Questions about the plural of shim

What is the plural of shim?
The plural of shim is shims.
Is shim countable?
Shim is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: shim (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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