Mass Noun Definition
noun
A noun, such as furniture, water, or honesty, that cannot be modified by the indefinite article, does not occur in the plural, and is often preceded by modifiers such as some or much or by a phrase containing a unit of measurement. Some nouns can function both as mass nouns ( There are sixty boxes of tile in the warehouse ) and as count nouns ( We had to cut a tile in half to fit the end of the row ).
American Heritage
A noun denoting an abstraction or something that is uncountable, and generally not preceded by a or an or a numeral: it is typically in a singular construction, but may be singular or plural in form (Ex.: sympathy, girlhood, butter, news)
Webster's New World
adjective
Attributive form of mass noun, noun.
Wiktionary
Other Word Forms of Mass Noun
Noun
Singular:
mass noun
Plural:
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