Plural of urn
regular plural
The plural of urn is urns.
Forms of urn
| Singular | urn /ɜːn/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | urns |
| Countable | countable |
Urns in a sentence
- The Navy uses several types of coffee makers – urns, silexes, and percolators.1965, Stewardsman, United States. Bureau of Naval Personnel, page 31. From the entry silex
- Relevant material is also covered on the containers for remains in those and in the entries on cineraria, columbaria, and urns.2016, Lewis H. Mates, Encyclopedia of Cremation. From the entry cinerarium
- He carries his tray of blintzes filled with cottage cheese to the coffee urns and drains off a mug’s worth.2007, Michael Chabon, The Yiddish Policemen’s Union, 4th Estate (2010), page 147. From the entry blintz
- The columbarium (vaults lined with recesses for cinerary urns) in the form of a grotto (a cave-like structure) is the centerpiece of the Elks plot.2004, Douglas Keister, Stories in Stone, Layton, Utah: Gibbs Smith, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 13. From the entry columbarium
- The household uses of copper are principally for cooking utensils and a variety of miscellaneous items, such as urns, bowls, hods, lamps, candlesticks, vases, book ends, and ash trays.1938, Raymond B[artlett] Stevens et al., “Copper Utensils and Hollow or Flat Plate”, in Trade Agreement between the United States and the…. From the entry hod
Meaning of urn
- noun A vase with a footed base.
- noun A metal vessel for serving tea or coffee.
- noun A vessel for the ashes or cremains of a deceased person.
Questions about the plural of urn
- What is the plural of urn?
- The plural of urn is urns.
- Is urn countable?
- Urn is a countable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: urn (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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