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Plural of welt

regular plural

The plural of welt is welts.

Forms of welt

Singularwelt /wɛlt/
Pluralwelts
Countablecountable

Welts in a sentence

  • Previous to the fifties, most of the shoes made were welts, or spring heels, and later most of the work changed to turns or "runrounds" as they were called.1912, The Register of the Lynn Historical Society
  • The dog was constantly scratching his many verminous sores and welts.From the entry verminous
  • But if we were going to a large party, Sunny would break out in welts from nerves.1982 January 11, New York Magazine. From the entry bundle of laughs
  • To "stitch aloft" is the best way on welts, too, for the same reasons stated above.1908, “The Shoe Factory”, in Shoe and Leather Journal, volume 22. From the entry stitch aloft
  • I suffer from “skeeter syndrome,” which means mosquito bites on my skin distend to tumoral degrees and erupt in tiny welts.2022 November 26, Virginia Feito, “Sweating Through a Honeymoon in Paradise”, in The New York Times. From the entry skeeter syndrome

Meaning of welt

  1. verb To roll; revolve.
  2. noun A ridge or lump on the skin, as caused by a blow or insect bite.
  3. noun A strip, especially one around the edge of something (for example, in some old heraldry).

Full definition of welt

Questions about the plural of welt

What is the plural of welt?
The plural of welt is welts.
Is welt countable?
Welt is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: welt (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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