Plural of yam
regular plural
The plural of yam is yams.
Forms of yam
| Singular | yam /jæm/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | yams |
| Countable | countable |
Yams in a sentence
- Inwardly Okonkwo knew that the boys were still too young to understand fully the difficult art of preparing seed-yams.1958 June 17, Chinua Achebe, chapter 4, in Things Fall Apart, New York, N.Y.: Astor-Honor, published 1959, →OCLC, part 1, page 34
- Hard food, such as yams, coco and dasheen, came from Country, and sometimes meat too.2012, Claudette Beckford-Brady, Sweet Home, Jamaica, page 382. From the entry hard food
- I was lucky with this one, as my roommate's girlfriend left me the aforementioned yams.2011 November 23, David Freid, “Surviving the Thanksgiving Apocalypse”, in The Huffington Post. From the entry yamless
- Occasionally they were given a change of diet with 'cheeky' yams.1962, Nancy Polishuk, Four Against the River, Dutton, →OCLC, page 85. From the entry cheeky yam
- Nigerian PE 'dè nyám dḝm ' 'the yams'.2000, John Holm, An Introduction to Pidgins and Creoles, page 215. From the entry pluralizer
Meaning of yam
- noun Any climbing vine of the genus Dioscorea in the Eastern and Western hemispheres, usually cultivated.
- noun The edible, starchy, tuberous root of that plant, a tropical staple food.
- noun A sweet potato; a tuber from the species Ipomoea batatas.
Questions about the plural of yam
- What is the plural of yam?
- The plural of yam is yams.
- Is yam countable?
- Yam is a countable noun.
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