Mass-noun
noun, Grammar.
1.
a noun, as water, electricity, or happiness, that typically refers to an indefinitely divisible substance or an abstract notion, and that in English cannot be used, in such a sense, with the indefinite article or in the plural.
noun
1.
a noun that refers to an extended substance rather than to each of a set of isolable objects, as, for example, water as opposed to lake. In English when used indefinitely they are characteristically preceded by some rather than a or an; they do not have normal plural forms Compare count noun
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- Uncountable-noun
noun, Grammar. 1. a noun, as water, electricity, or happiness, that typically refers to an indefinitely divisible substance or an abstract notion, and that in English cannot be used, in such a sense, with the indefinite article or in the plural. noun 1. a noun that refers to an extended substance rather than to each […]
- Uncounted
adjective 1. not counted. 2. innumerable: Uncounted generations of tiny creatures built the coral atolls. adjective 1. unable to be counted; innumerable 2. not counted
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verb (used with object), uncoupled, uncoupling. 1. to release the coupling or link between; disconnect; let go: to uncouple railroad cars. 2. to end (a romantic relationship or marriage): Their marriage was uncoupled by financial problems. verb (used without object), uncoupled, uncoupling. 3. to become unfastened; let go: The glider uncoupled from the tow plane. […]
- Uncoupling
verb (used with object), uncoupled, uncoupling. 1. to release the coupling or link between; disconnect; let go: to uncouple railroad cars. 2. to end (a romantic relationship or marriage): Their marriage was uncoupled by financial problems. verb (used without object), uncoupled, uncoupling. 3. to become unfastened; let go: The glider uncoupled from the tow plane. […]