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Plural of snake

regular plural

The plural of snake is snakes.

Forms of snake

Singularsnake /sneɪk/
Pluralsnakes /sneɪks/
Countablecountable

Snakes in a sentence

  • The river snakes through the valley.
  • Many snakes can unhinge their jaw joints to swallow large prey.From the entry unhinge
  • Certain South-east Asian snakes are luticoles and have a special side-winding gait for moving over muddy surfaces.From the entry luticole
  • Lizards and snakes crept over the ground.From the entry creep
  • The Australian government has a team that regularly milks various snakes for venom to use creating serums and antivenoms.From the entry milk

Meaning of snake

  1. noun Any of the suborder Serpentes of legless reptiles with long, thin bodies and fork-shaped tongues.
  2. noun A person who acts deceitfully for personal or social gain; a treacherous person.
  3. noun A tool for unclogging plumbing.

Full definition of snake

Questions about the plural of snake

What is the plural of snake?
The plural of snake is snakes.
Is snake countable?
Snake is a countable noun.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: snake (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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