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plyers

plyers is the plural of plyer.

plyers is the archaic form of pliers.

Meaning of plyer

Noun

plyer (plural plyers)

  1. A kind of balance used in raising and letting down a drawbridge. It consists of timbers joined in the form of a Saint Andrew's cross.

Meaning of pliers

Noun

pliers pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) A pincer-like gripping tool that multiplies the strength of the user's hand, often used for bending things.
    • I need a pair of pliers to get a good grip on that broken screw.

Questions about plyers

What is plyers the plural of?
Plyers is the plural of plyer.

Words near plyers in the dictionary

  1. plyboard
  2. plyboards
  3. plycount
  4. plycounts
  5. plyer
  6. plyers
  7. plyg
  8. plygain
  9. plygains
  10. plyght
  11. plyghted

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Adapted from Wiktionary: plyers (page history and authors); plyer (page history and authors); pliers (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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