bowls
The plural of "bowl" is bowls.
Most English nouns form the plural by adding -s, and bowl follows this rule.
Meaning: a round deep dish (noun)
How does it change in a sentence?
Use a plural verb with bowls: the bowls are. The possessive plural adds only an apostrophe: bowls'.
How do you pronounce it?
bowl is pronounced /bəʊl/. The plural ending sounds like /z/.
What mistakes should you avoid?
Do not use an apostrophe to make a plural. bowls means more than one, while an apostrophe shows that something belongs to someone.
Did you know?
- The spoken plural ending has three sounds: /s/ after sounds like p, t and k, /ɪz/ after hissing sounds like s and ch and /z/ everywhere else.
Examples in context
- Put the soup in bowls.Singular: Put the soup in a bowl.
- We need six bowls for dinner.Singular: We need one bowl for dinner.
