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Plural of stew

regular plural

The plural of stew is stews.

Forms of stew

Singularstew /stʃʉː/
Pluralstews
Countablecountable and uncountable

Stews in a sentence

  • Nori and other seaweeds can be added to stews, soups, stirfrys, rice or beans.2008, Robin Wheeler, Food Security for the Faint of Heart: Keeping Your Larder Full in Lean Times, Gabriola Island, B.C.: New Society…. From the entry stirfry
  • Created by two friends, Piadina Slowfood makes fabulous stews, curries rolls and – of course – piadinas.2007, Viviane Stappmanns, Ewan McEoin, editors, The Melbourne Design Guide, 2nd edition, [Melbourne, Vic.]: lab.3000, →ISBN, page 274…. From the entry piadina
  • The high "hat" lets steam circulate, making it the ideal vessel for cooking stews.2004, Julia Weiss, transl., edited by Paolo Piazzesi, Moroccan Cooking, English edition, Florence: Casa Editrice Bonechi, →ISBN, page 57. From the entry tajine
  • They eat stews made with carrots and onions and potatoes and dumplings.2001, Rita Golden Gelman, “New Zealand via Bali”, in Tales of a Female Nomad: Living at Large in the World, 1st paperback edition, New…. From the entry bloke
  • Sounds are also fried by codfishing peoples, or cooked in chowders or stews.1998, Mark Kurlansky, Cod: A Biography Of The Fish That Changed The World, Vintage Canada, page 34. From the entry codfishing

Meaning of stew

  1. noun A cooking-dish used for boiling; a cauldron.
  2. noun A heated bath-room or steam-room; also, a hot bath.
  3. noun A brothel.

Full definition of stew

Questions about the plural of stew

What is the plural of stew?
The plural of stew is stews.
Is stew countable?
Stew is a countable and uncountable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: stew (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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