Mass noun
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A mass noun is a noun which refers to something without clear boundaries or individual members, like milk and gold. The opposite of a mass noun is called a count noun.
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In English, mass nouns cannot be pluralized (cf. *milks) and cannot be used with the indefinite article (cf. *a milk) or with numerals (cf. *one milk).
Mass nouns like cattle and furniture are sometimes called collective nouns because they refer to a collection of individuals, but not to any one individual.
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See also
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Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics
Other languages
German Massennomen
