a mass noun which denotes a physical substance.
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释义 | the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > a part of speech > noun > [noun] > uncountable or mass noun (6) material noun1892 a mass noun which denotes a physical substance. mass-word1914 = mass noun n. uncountable1924 Grammar. An uncountable noun or its referent. mass noun1933 a noun denoting something, such as a substance or a quality, which cannot be counted; esp. (in the English language) a noun which lacks a plural in… singulare tantum1940 A word which has only a singular form: usually applied to mass (or uncountable) nouns. Cf. plurale tantum, n. quantifiable1957 Linguistics. In Ralph B. Long's terminology: = mass noun n. at mass, n.2 compounds 2. rare. |
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