liquids
- 1Plural of liquid.
The lab kept several flammable liquids in a locked cabinet.
Most liquids expand slightly as their temperature rises.
Note
A plural that counts kinds rather than amounts: water, oil and solvents are three liquids, but a puddle on the floor is simply liquid, with no -s. The plural also belongs to phonetics, where l and r are grouped together as the liquids, a class of consonant sounds. Only the noun takes the plural. The adjective senses, as in liquid assets or a liquid market, never do.
liquids is a form of liquid
liquid, noun: A flowing substance whose molecules readily change position without drifting apart, so it keeps no shape of its own but fills whatever container holds it. Full entry
- Forms
- liquidliquids plural
- Spelling
- liquid → liquids: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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