The plural form for glass (the drinking vessel only) is glasses.
Glass is a non-count (mass) noun in any form except a glass that holds a beverage (one glass of juice, two glasses of juice). The substance glass used for producing glass objects is a non-count noun. These other uses for the noun glass are:
The singular for for the noun meaning a drinking container made of glass is 'a glass'.
For the noun glasses, the shortened from of eyeglasses, the word glass is not the singular form, 'glasses' is the singular form.
'Glasses' and 'eyeglasses' are one of the nouns that are a singular word for 'a pair of', such as scissors, pants, etc. For example, 'I broke my only glasses.' or 'I have two pair of eyeglasses.'
The singular, 'eyeglass' is the word for the lens in the eyeglasses or an eyepiece and an eyewash cup.
When you're referring to sheet glass, such as for windows, the word glass acts as a mass noun, a noun that has no plural. Example:
A truckload of glass arrived to replace the broken windows. The glass in six windows had broken in the storm.
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That is. it's like scissors where a plural describes 1 only. More than 1 would be pairs of glasses.Another answer:The singular of 'glasses' (vessels from which you can drink liquids) is 'glass'.'He drank a glass of wine.''He drank three glasses of wine.'The word 'glasses' meaning 'spectacles' has no singular form.
Spectacles is a plural. As a noun, plural terms which are equivalent to their singular term (consider glasses) are usually used without change. I.e.) He wears glasses (singular) They all liked their glasses (plural). The spectacles were quite useful (singular). No matter how many spectacles (plural) you own, one is often enough.
No, glasses is not just a noun. Glasses, not matter how you mean it, is a plural noun. If you mean glasses as in drinking glasses then there is more than one. Making it a plural noun. If you are talking about reading glasses, then there are two lenses. Making it also a plural noun.
Yes, the word forceps is a singular noun, a short form for 'a pair of forceps'; the plural form is 'two pairs of forceps'. Other singular nouns that are a form of 'a pair of...' are: - trousers - pants - glasses - scissors - binoculars
The noun 'mice' is the plural form of the singular noun 'mouse'.
Glasses is plural for a glass for holding liquid.Glasses is singular for a pair of glasses, eyeglasses; the plural form is pairs of glasses.
Yes, the word glasses is a noun.Glasses is the plural form for the singular noun glass.Glasses is the singular form for 'a pair of glasses', the plural form is 'pairs of glasses'.
That is. it's like scissors where a plural describes 1 only. More than 1 would be pairs of glasses.Another answer:The singular of 'glasses' (vessels from which you can drink liquids) is 'glass'.'He drank a glass of wine.''He drank three glasses of wine.'The word 'glasses' meaning 'spectacles' has no singular form.
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.
Spectacles is a plural. As a noun, plural terms which are equivalent to their singular term (consider glasses) are usually used without change. I.e.) He wears glasses (singular) They all liked their glasses (plural). The spectacles were quite useful (singular). No matter how many spectacles (plural) you own, one is often enough.
The noun glass has a number of uses, all of them are uncountable nouns, except for a drinking glass. The plural possessive is glasses'; the set of glasses' color.The singular possessive for a pair of glassesused for eyesight is glasses', the glasses' frame. The plural possessive is the glasses' frames. The plural possessive is the same because it is a shortened form for the pairs of glasses' frames.The singular possessive for a pane of glass, used for windows is the glass's size. The plural possessive is the glass's sizes. The plural possessive is the same because it is a shortened form for the panes of glass's size.
The possessive form for the singular noun glass is glass's (just as you have it in your question).The plural form is glasses. The plural possessive form is glasses'.Example: I like these glasses' pattern the best.
No, glasses is not just a noun. Glasses, not matter how you mean it, is a plural noun. If you mean glasses as in drinking glasses then there is more than one. Making it a plural noun. If you are talking about reading glasses, then there are two lenses. Making it also a plural noun.
Yes, the word forceps is a singular noun, a short form for 'a pair of forceps'; the plural form is 'two pairs of forceps'. Other singular nouns that are a form of 'a pair of...' are: - trousers - pants - glasses - scissors - binoculars
Any noun can be used as a possessive noun.EXAMPLESsingular noun: the apple's coreplural noun: the apples' coressingular uncountable noun: the glass'sreflection (a window pane)plural uncountable noun: the glasses' frame (spectacles)
The plural form for the singular noun jeans is two pairs of jeans.The word jeans is one of a group of words that is a shortened form of 'a pair of...'. Some others are pants, trousers, glasses, binoculars, scissors, tongs, etc. They are all singular that use the plural form, such as two pairs of tongs or two pairs of glasses.
Yes. Hay is a singular noun. A Singular noun means one item only. So technically, hay is a singular noun.