Definition of count noun in US English:
count noun
nounˈkaʊnt ˌnaʊnˈkount ˌnoun
Grammar A noun that can form a plural and, in the singular, can be used with the indefinite article (e.g. books, a book).
Contrasted with mass noun
Example sentencesExamples
- For fear of this, they want to forestall the conversion of certain proper noun trademarks into common count nouns.
- Singular count nouns like ‘eye’ normally can't occur without a preceding determiner (not ‘I saw eye’, but instead ‘I saw a/one/the/this/its eye ’).
- It's been a long time since I even noticed uses of troop as a count noun meaning ‘soldier’.
- This is borne out by our ways of describing them, using always count nouns rather than mass nouns.
- We need a term that distinguishes (at least) two types of count nouns, and ‘collective noun’ is a really wonderful name for one of them.