Plural of thistle
regular plural
The plural of thistle is thistles.
Forms of thistle
| Singular | thistle /θɪsl̩/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | thistles |
| Countable | countable |
Thistles in a sentence
- Burdocks, thistles, dwarf oaks, cottonweed, chalky holes and whitish puddles everywhere.1976 September, Saul Bellow, Humboldt’s Gift, New York, N.Y.: Avon Books, →ISBN, pages 22–23. From the entry pauperize
- So, instead, he took to hoeing weeds — thistles and buzzies — from the nearer paddocks.1952, John Rowland Skemp, Memories of Myrtle Bank. From the entry buzzie
- There was thistle-spudding all over the Marsh; an army of thistles, an army of spudders.1936, Radclyffe Hall, The Sixth Beatitude. From the entry spud
- So the woods are silent, still, and deserted, save by a stray rabbit among the thistles, and the grasshoppers ceaselessly leaping in the grass.1905, Richard Jefferies, Nature Near London. From the entry ceaselessly
- Away the boy ran, never minding a stubbed toe or a heelful of thistles that waylaid his course, and, setting the broken fence-cap against a rail, came panting back.1973, Arthur W. Biddle, Paul A. Eschholz, The literature of Vermont: a sampler, page 185. From the entry heelful
Meaning of thistle
- noun Any of several perennial composite plants, especially of genera Cirsium, Carduus, Cynara, or Onopordum, having prickly leaves and showy flower heads with prickly bracts.
- noun This plant seen as the national emblem of Scotland.
- noun An image of this plant used as a charge.
Questions about the plural of thistle
- What is the plural of thistle?
- The plural of thistle is thistles.
- Is thistle countable?
- Thistle is a countable noun.
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