What part of speech is sulphurs?

Sulphurs can be categorized as a noun and a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. sulphurs is a verb, present, 3rd person singular of sulphur (infinitive).
  • 2. sulphurs is a noun, plural of sulphur.

Inflections

Verb

Noun

What does sulphurs mean?

Definitions

Verb

sulphur - treat with sulphur in order to preserve; "These dried fruits are sulphured"

Noun

sulphur - A nonmetallic element occurring naturally in large quantities, either combined as in the sulphides (as pyrites) and sulphates (as gypsum), or native in volcanic regions, in vast beds mixed with gypsum and various earthy materials, from which it is melted out. Symbol S. Atomic weight 32. The specific gravity of ordinary octohedral sulphur is 2.05; of prismatic sulphur, 1.96.
sulphur - Any one of numerous species of yellow or orange butterflies of the subfamily Pierinae; as, the clouded sulphur (Eurymus, / Colias, philodice), which is the common yellow butterfly of the Eastern United States.

Examples of sulphurs

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1. noun Sulphur is a chemical element with the symbol S.
2. noun Her eyes and hair were of the same rich hazel colour, and her cheeks, though considerably freckled, were flushed with the exquisite bloom of the brunette, the dainty pink which lurks at the heart of the sulphur rose.
3. noun Iron has an affinity for sulphur, and so does hydrogen for oxygen.
4. noun Sulphur is a chemical element with the symbol S.
5. noun Her eyes and hair were of the same rich hazel colour, and her cheeks, though considerably freckled, were flushed with the exquisite bloom of the brunette, the dainty pink which lurks at the heart of the sulphur rose.
6. noun Iron has an affinity for sulphur, and so does hydrogen for oxygen.
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Sulphur is a chemical element with the symbol S.
Her eyes and hair were of the same rich hazel colour, and her cheeks, though considerably freckled, were flushed with the exquisite bloom of the brunette, the dainty pink which lurks at the heart of the sulphur rose.
Iron has an affinity for sulphur, and so does hydrogen for oxygen.
Sulphur is a chemical element with the symbol S.
Her eyes and hair were of the same rich hazel colour, and her cheeks, though considerably freckled, were flushed with the exquisite bloom of the brunette, the dainty pink which lurks at the heart of the sulphur rose.
Iron has an affinity for sulphur, and so does hydrogen for oxygen.

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