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Pliers is both the singular and plural. Many words representing items that have an inherent "duality" are treated thus by modern (American) English. Pants, scissors and eyeglasses are other examples.

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What is the plural of pilers?

Its just stays Pliers because Plier means one who plies and pliers is the Tool


What is the singular spelling of pliers?

The singular form is pliers, a shortened form for a 'pairof pliers'. The plural form is 'pairs of pliers'.The word pliers is one of a group of nouns that are a shortened form for a 'pair of'. They are words for things that have two halves to make the single unit. Others are pants, shorts, glasses, binoculars, tweezers, scissors, etc.


Is pair of an adjective?

No. The word pair is a noun, meaning a group of two. The word of is a preposition, and has a plural noun (socks, pants, pliers,scissors) as its object.


What are the different kinds of pliers?

There are electricians straight pliers, wiring pliers, long nose pliers, angled long nose pliers, side cutting pliers, parallel jaw pliers, locking pliers, aircraft twist locking pliers, channel lock pliers, oil wrench pliers, water pump pliers and fencing pliers. -I have each of these and I'm sure there are many more kinds.


What are the common types of pliers used in automobiles?

Electrician's pliers, long nose pliers, brake pliers and snap ring (or circlip) pliers.


What word is always plural but means one item only?

An example of words that are always plural in form that can me one or more than one are binary nouns.Binary nouns are words for things made up of two parts to make the whole. Binary nouns are a shortened form of 'a pair of...'Examples of binary nouns are:glasses, a pair of glasses, two pairs of glassespantsshortsslackspajamasscissorstweezerstongspliers, a pair of pliers, two pairs of pliers


Are pliers a lever?

yes, pliers are levers : )


Is pliers a lever or pulley?

Pliers are a lever


How do you find plural form of glasses?

The noun glasses (meaning spectacles) is a singular form, a shortened form of 'a pair of glasses'. The plural form for glasses is 'pairs of glasses'. If it means "vessels to hold liquid" then it is already plural, "glasses." Other examples of singular nouns that are a short form for 'a pair of...' are pants, shorts, drawers, jeans, scissors, shears, pliers, and binoculars.


What are Howe pliers used for?

Howe pliers is used in Orthodontics as a utility pliers and can be used in wirebending and banding the molars.


What is the proper term for vise grips?

They are called locking pliers or locking jaw pliers. Sometime clamping pliers.


How do you use pliers in a sentence?

"I used the pliers to cut the wire"