plain

[US]/pleɪn/
[UK]/pleɪn/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. plain
adj. clear; simple; straightforward; unadorned.

Phrases & Collocations

plain clothes

plain text

plain rice

plain yogurt

plain water

plain cake

plain language

plain wallpaper

plain and simple

plain packaging

in plain sight

plain english

central plain

plain sailing

plain weave

flood plain

alluvial plain

plain concrete

plain film

coastal plain

delta plain

in plain english

plain white

plain bearing

plain carbon steel

plain boiled water

plain steel

Example Sentences

the plains of the interior.

an area of plain tiling.

the plain, unarguable facts.

She's in plain clothes.

He's a plain fool.

written in plain English .

a vast plain full of orchards.

the Great Plains of the US

Real-world Examples

Plain water is just plain off limits.

Source: Scientific Insights Bilingual Edition

First things first, here's a plain fact.

Source: 2019 Celebrity High School Graduation Speech

Two and a half million people abandon the great plains.

Source: Humanity: The Story of All of Us

I've created seven or eight more plains.

Source: Connection Magazine

The Afreet usually stay within their own plain of existence.

Source: Lost Girl Season 2

Okay, the next is plain, plain.

Source: IELTS Speaking Preparation Guide

In the east there are fertile plains and lots of towns.

Source: New Standard High School English Compulsory Volume 4 by Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press

Yet there's your daughter's name, as plain as day.

Source: The Good Place Season 2

Between this and the railway extended vast plains, plentifully irrigated.

Source: Around the World in Eighty Days

The dark parts are great plains, and the bright parts are mountains.

Source: British Students' Science Reader

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