Plural of ship
regular plural
The plural of ship is ships.
Forms of ship
| Singular | ship /ˈʃɪp/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | ships /ʃɪps/ |
| Countable | countable |
Ships in a sentence
- But there are no ships, and no natural traffic lights or honey farms.1994 May 7, David Bell, “HighLife - An Interesting Variant of Life (part 1/3)”, in comp.theory.cell-automata (Usenet)
- Our next issue ships early next year.
- The number of men, divided by the number of ships, gives four hundred to each ship.From the entry give
- Mariners on sailing ships would sound the depth of the water with a weighted rope.From the entry sound
- The docks, which once harbored tall ships, now harbor only petty thieves.From the entry harbor
Meaning of ship
- noun A water-borne vessel generally larger than a boat.
- noun A vessel which travels through any medium other than across land, such as an airship or spaceship.
- noun A spaceship.
Questions about the plural of ship
- What is the plural of ship?
- The plural of ship is ships.
- Is ship countable?
- Ship is a countable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: ship (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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