MASS NOUN


Meaning of MASS NOUN in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

Date: 1933

: a noun (as sand or water ) that characteristically denotes in many languages a homogeneous substance or a concept without subdivisions and that in English is preceded in indefinite singular constructions by some rather than a or an — compare count noun

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.