material noun

noun

material noun

noun

1

A noun that refers to a substance.

The mass noun, sometimes called a material noun, names a bulk or mass or quantity of matter or an aggregation of things united in one body: iron, pewter, flour, water, bread.1955, Homer C. House, Susan Emolyn Harman, Descriptive English Grammar, Prentice-Hall, page 25:

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