Plural of spill
regular plural
The plural of spill is spills.
Forms of spill
| Singular | spill /spɪl/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | spills /spɪlz/ |
| Countable | countable |
Spills in a sentence
- “In a moment, he has torn the letter into long thin strips, and rolling them up into spills he thrusts them hurriedly in amongst the other spills in the vase on the mantle-piece.”1920, Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, London: Pan Books, published 1954, page 182
- A tool with which to extract the spills from the pile.1971, Gwen White, Antique Toys And Their Background, page 125
- Spills of nonfloating oil in the ocean are difficult to clean up.From the entry nonfloating
- Financial panic, earthquakes, oil spills, riots. What comes next?From the entry next
- Gravity does the rest as Jane's vomit spills back into her trachea.2016 October, Bryan Cranston, quoting John Shiban, Breaking Bad #212 "Title TBD" Writer's Draft, September 17, 2008, quoted in Life in…. From the entry gack
Meaning of spill
- verb To drop something so that it spreads out or makes a mess; to accidentally pour.
- verb To spread out or fall out, as above.
- verb To overflow out of a designated area.
Questions about the plural of spill
- What is the plural of spill?
- The plural of spill is spills.
- Is spill countable?
- Spill is a countable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: spill (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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