Plural of spire

regular plural

The plural of spire is spires.

Forms of spire

A beech wood with silver firs in it rolled down the face of the hill, and the maze of leafless twigs and dusky spires cut sharp against the soft blueness of the evening sky.1907 January, Harold Bindloss, chapter 1, in The Dust of Conflict, 1st Canadian edition, Toronto, Ont.: McLeod & Allen, →OCLC
This park’s strange and beautiful rock formations were formed by the Yellowstone River and various streams that have cut through the rock over millions of years, carving out hoodoos, spires and caprocks.2018 July 17, Autumn Spanne, “Check out these crazy rock formations across the United States”, in CNN
There are domes, spires, bell towers and chimneys of various heights and shapes, but no shot tower.2015, David Attwell, J. M. Coetzee and the Life of Writing: Face to Face with Time, →ISBN. From the entry shot tower
Towers, spires, and façades of Portland stone were white or pink against the dimming sky.1951, John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, published 1954, page 85. From the entry façade
As for the city's buildings, it mostly resembled a town of white spires and cobblestone streets lined with flowerbeds that were upkept by magical means.2014, James Blackthorne, Meditations of Madness: The Lost Empires Exposed. From the entry upkeep

noun The stalk or stem of a plant.
noun A young shoot of a plant; a spear.
noun Any of various tall grasses, rushes, or sedges, such as the marram, the reed canary-grass, etc.

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