desktops
USDESK-tahps/ˈdɛskˌtɑps/SayDESK-topsUK/ˈdɛsktɒps/AUS/ˈdeskˌtɔps/
- 1Plural of desktop.
The company ships thousands of desktops to schools every fall.
She cluttered both her desktops with unsorted icons and shortcuts.
Note
The plural is regular, made with a plain -s, and it carries every noun meaning of desktop: the surfaces of desks, the computers that sit on them, and the on-screen workspaces with their icons and wallpaper. Only the adjective stays out of it. Before a noun, desktop never takes the -s, so a buyer orders two desktop computers, never two desktops computers.
desktops is a form of desktop
desktop, noun: A computer built to sit on or beside a desk in a fixed location, rather than be carried. Full entry
- Forms
- desktopdesktops plural
- Spelling
- desktop → desktops: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /s/.
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