Plural of vat
regular plural
The plural of vat is vats.
Forms of vat
| Singular | vat /væt/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | vats |
| Countable | countable |
Vats in a sentence
- Does that seem an overharsh judgment on a life spent ordering supersize cokes, buckets of fries and vats of gelato?2015 July 11, Jeanette Winterson, “Jeanette Winterson: why I fasted for 11 days”, in The Guardian. From the entry overharsh
- Inside the typically long, narrow bleaching crofts were cisterns for bleaching cotton yarn, now represented by sunken stone tanks, and sealed vats called ‘kiers’ for bleaching cloth.2007, Sarah Tarlow, The Archaeology of Improvement in Britain, 1750-1850, Cambridge University Press, page 166. From the entry kier
Meaning of vat
- noun A large tub, such as is used for making wine or for tanning.
- noun A square, hollow place on the back of a calcining furnace, where tin ore is laid to dry.
- noun A vessel for holding holy water.
Questions about the plural of vat
- What is the plural of vat?
- The plural of vat is vats.
- Is vat countable?
- Vat is a countable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: vat (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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