Plural of spade
regular plural
The plural of spade is spades.
Forms of spade
| Singular | spade /speɪ̯d/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | spades /speɪdz/ |
| Countable | countable |
Spades in a sentence
- Rather than nonstop combat, the day-to-day experience of a Roman soldier was perhaps just as likely to involve spades as swords – though combat readiness was never far from mind.2025 July 15, James Osborne, “Could you have survived as a Roman soldier? Here's the surprising truth about life in the ancient army”, in...
- Rakes, shovels, hoes, and spades are some of the tools of the gardener's trade.From the entry tool
- Last year we harvested almost no potatoes, but this year we're getting them in spades.From the entry in spades
- Johnny rivered me by drawing that ace of spades.From the entry river
- Snap! We've both got pink buckets and spades.From the entry snap
Meaning of spade
- noun A garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging. Not to be confused with a shovel which is used for moving earth or other materials.
- noun A cutting instrument used in flensing a whale.
- noun A device for terminating an electrical conductor resembling a small spade.
Questions about the plural of spade
- What is the plural of spade?
- The plural of spade is spades.
- Is spade countable?
- Spade is a countable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: spade (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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