reliefs
- 1Plural of relief.
The gallery's collection of bronze reliefs drew visitors from across the country.
Archaeologists uncovered painted reliefs beneath layers of fallen plaster.
Note
The plural keeps its f and simply adds -s, unlike the -ves of leaf or thief. It is most natural where the things can be counted: the reliefs who take over a shift, the reliefs sent to break a siege, or carved panels such as bronze reliefs. When relief means a feeling or the easing of discomfort, English usually keeps it singular: a great relief, a sense of relief.
The night reliefs arrived at the gate just before midnight.
Two reliefs of the besieged town were turned back before the third got through.
reliefs is a form of relief
relief, noun: The removal or easing of stress, pain, or discomfort. Full entry
- Forms
- reliefreliefs plural
- Spelling
- relief → reliefs: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /s/.
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