Plural of tugboat
regular plural
The plural of tugboat is tugboats.
Forms of tugboat
| Singular | tugboat /ˈtʌɡbəʊt/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | tugboats |
| Countable | countable |
Tugboats in a sentence
- Steamers, ferries, and tugboats pulling strings of barges behind them created rush-hour traffic on a laneless thoroughfare.2009, Jessica DuLong, My River Chronicles, page 13. From the entry laneless
- After he left baseball, Rhodes stayed in New York, living on Staten Island and working as a steerer, a deckman and a cook on tugboats.2009 June 19, Bruce Weber, “Dusty Rhodes, Star Pinch-Hitter in ’54 Series, Dies at 82”, in New York Times. From the entry deckman
Meaning of tugboat
- noun A small, powerful boat used to push or pull barges or to help maneuver larger vessels.
- noun A Social Security Disability Insurance payment; monthly tugboat.
Questions about the plural of tugboat
- What is the plural of tugboat?
- The plural of tugboat is tugboats.
- Is tugboat countable?
- Tugboat is a countable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: tugboat (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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