count noun

noun Grammar.

a noun, as apple, table, or birthday, that typically refers to a countable thing and that in English can be used in both the singular and the plural and can be preceded by the indefinite article a or an and by numerals.
Compare mass noun.

Origin of count noun

First recorded in 1950–55

Words nearby count noun

count against, count down, count for, count in, count noses, count noun, count of monte cristo, the, count off, count on, count one's chickens before they hatch, count out

British Dictionary definitions for count noun

count noun

noun

linguistics logic a noun that can be qualified by the indefinite article, and may be used in the plural, as telephone and thing but not airs and graces or bravery Compare mass noun, sortal