count noun

noun

: a noun (such as bean or sheet) that forms a plural and is used with a numeral, with words such as many or few, or with the indefinite article a or an compare mass noun

Word History

First Known Use

1952, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

count noun

noun

: a noun (as bean or sheet) that forms a plural and that can be used with a numeral, with words such as many or few, or with the indefinite article a or an