Plural of spear
regular plural
The plural of spear is spears.
Forms of spear
| Singular | spear /spɪə̯(ɹ)/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | spears |
| Countable | countable |
Spears in a sentence
- Two of the four spears came directly from Lady Margaret's staff.2011, Thomas Penn, Winter King, Penguin, published 2012, page 187
- asparagus and broccoli spears
- So, as nets flailed and spears jabbed, she set about dismounting the riders.2018 September 11, Angus Watson, The Land You Never Leave, Orbit, →ISBN. From the entry catback
- He had come back over the frontier of death. nails, spears, and a cross.2014, Horton Davies, Marie-Helene Davies, David Cain, How Far Down Dare I Drink?: Promises Greater Than Dreams, page 82. From the entry cross the river
- These are chimps we've been observing for two hundred years; they never used spears.2011, John Jeremiah Sullivan, “Violence of the Lambs”, in Pulphead: Dispatches from the Other Side of America, London: Vintage Books…. From the entry gigging
Meaning of spear
- noun A long stick with a sharp tip used as a weapon for throwing or thrusting, or anything used to make a thrusting motion.
- noun A soldier armed with such a weapon; a spearman.
- noun A lance with barbed prongs, used by fishermen to retrieve fish.
Questions about the plural of spear
- What is the plural of spear?
- The plural of spear is spears.
- Is spear countable?
- Spear is a countable noun.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: spear (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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