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Plural of stain

regular plural

The plural of stain is stains.

Forms of stain

Singularstain /steɪn/
Pluralstains
Countablecountable

Stains in a sentence

  • She considered carpeting her bedroom floor to cover the blood stains in the floorboards.From the entry carpeting
  • You didn't get the stains off the table, it needs a reclean.From the entry reclean
  • Stains really show up on this white tablecloth.From the entry show up
  • This detergent will get most household stains out.From the entry get out
  • He's got nicotine stains on his fingers.From the entry nicotine

Meaning of stain

  1. noun A discolored spot or area caused by spillage or other contact with certain fluids or substances.
  2. noun A blemish on one's character or reputation.
  3. noun A substance used to soak into a surface and colour it.

Full definition of stain

Questions about the plural of stain

What is the plural of stain?
The plural of stain is stains.
Is stain countable?
Stain is a countable noun.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: stain (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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