uncountable
/ʌnˈkaʊntəbəl/
adjective
- Impossible to count because there are too many or because the items are not separate units.
- The number of grains of sand on a beach is uncountable.
- She has given uncountable hours to volunteer work.
- There are uncountable stars in the night sky.
- In grammar, describing a noun that cannot be used with numbers or the article 'a/an' because it refers to a mass or abstract concept (e.g., water, happiness).
- You should use 'less' with uncountable nouns, like 'less sugar.'
- Teachers often explain that 'advice' is uncountable in English.
- 'Milk' is an uncountable noun, so we say 'some milk' not 'a milk.'
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