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material nouns

material nouns is the plural of material noun.

Meaning of material noun

Noun

material noun (plural material nouns)

  1. A mass 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

Questions about material nouns

What is material nouns the plural of?
Material nouns is the plural of material noun.

Words near material nouns in the dictionary

  1. material implication
  2. material implications
  3. material logic
  4. material nonimplication
  5. material noun
  6. material nouns
  7. material science
  8. material sciences
  9. material support
  10. material witness
  11. material witnesses

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