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Plural of tape

regular plural

The plural of tape is tapes.

Forms of tape

Singulartape /teɪ̯p/
Pluraltapes
Countablecountable and uncountable

Tapes in a sentence

  • So we went around the corner, looked in the garbage, and, boom, there's about 16 of the tapes he didn't like!1993, Vibe, volume 1, number 2
  • Old couples will sometimes play tapes at each other during a fight.
  • John has been complicated in the affair by new tapes that surfaced.From the entry complicate
  • The suspect told all when he saw the surveillance tapes linking him to the crime scene.From the entry tell all
  • Seams can be made or sealed in a variety of ways, including adhesive bonding, hot-air welding, solvent welding, using adhesive tapes, sealant, etc.From the entry seam

Meaning of tape

  1. noun Flexible material in a roll with a sticky surface on one or both sides; adhesive tape.
  2. noun Thin and flat paper, plastic or similar flexible material, usually produced in the form of a roll.
  3. noun Finishing tape, stretched across a track to mark the end of a race.

Full definition of tape

Questions about the plural of tape

What is the plural of tape?
The plural of tape is tapes.
Is tape countable?
Tape is a countable and uncountable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tape (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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