Plural of whirlpool
regular plural
The plural of whirlpool is whirlpools.
Forms of whirlpool
| Singular | whirlpool /ˈwɝlpul/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | whirlpools |
| Countable | countable |
Whirlpools in a sentence
- This is an area of spectacular tidal races, rips, swirls, boils, whirlpools, overfalls, currents, and countercurrents.2003 December, Jonathan Raban, “Julia and the Whirlpools”, in Cruising World, volume 29, number 12, page 40. From the entry race
- The heraldic name for whirlpools is gorges, and a mediaeval family called Gorges bore a whirlpool as its arms.1966, Charles Mackinnon of Dunakin, chapter 5, in The Observer's Book of Heraldry, London: Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd., page 77. From the entry gorge
- There they would have to find further accommodations on some vessel specially constructed to negotiate Upper Yangtze rapids and whirlpools.1942, Elizabeth Foreman Lewis, When the Typhoon Blows, The John Winston Company, →OCLC, page 208. From the entry Chungking
- The tide seized us and swept us along, and in the races where this happened there were sucking whirlpools, strong enough to twist us round.1911, John Masefield, chapter 8, in Jim Davis. From the entry twist
- Nebulae hurled apart by a titanic superexplosion swirl in huge eddies, whirlpools of galaxies race apart, planetary systems are born, gaseous nebulae and galactic systems collide.2000, Mikhail Vasilyev, Kirill Stanyukovich, Matter and Man, University Press of the Pacific, →ISBN, page 154. From the entry superexplosion
Meaning of whirlpool
- noun A swirling body of water.
- noun A hot tub, a jacuzzi.
- noun A state of turmoil or agitated excitement.
Questions about the plural of whirlpool
- What is the plural of whirlpool?
- The plural of whirlpool is whirlpools.
- Is whirlpool countable?
- Whirlpool is a countable noun.
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