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Plural of wince

regular plural

The plural of wince is winces.

Forms of wince

Singularwince /wɪns/
Pluralwinces
Countablecountable

Winces in a sentence

  • A horse winces.

Meaning of wince

  1. noun A sudden movement or gesture of shrinking away.
  2. noun A reel used in dyeing, steeping, or washing cloth; a winch. It is placed over the division wall between two wince pits so as to allow the cloth to descend into either compartment at will.
  3. verb To flinch as if in pain or distress.

Full definition of wince

Questions about the plural of wince

What is the plural of wince?
The plural of wince is winces.
Is wince countable?
Wince is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: wince (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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