Is meat countable or uncountable noun?

Answer 1

The noun food is an uncountable and a countable noun, depending on use.

The noun food and some of the words for food, such as rice, sugar, butter, or meat are words for substances, uncountable nouns. Multiples of substance nouns are expressed in quantities such as some food, a lot of food; a little sugar, a cup of sugar, a bowl of rice, a stick of butter, etc.

The plural form for substance nouns for food are reserved for 'types of' or 'kinds of', for example:

• Some foods that contain Vitamin C are Oranges, guavas, kiwis, green and red sweet peppers.

Answer 2

The noun meat is an uncountable noun as a word for a substance.

Units of meat are expressed as pieces of meat, cuts of meaat, pounds of meat, etc.

For example, in a restaurant you might ask for somemeat, but not 'a' meat, which means one meat.

The plural form for an uncountable noun for a substance is used for 'types of' or 'kinds of'; for example: The meats on sale are the pork chops and roasting chickens.

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Answer 3

The noun 'vegetables' is a count noun, the plural form of the noun vegetable.

An uncountable noun is a word for things or ideas that can't be divided into separate elements, something that can't be counted, such as oxygen, education, advice, etc.

Answer 4

The noun vegetable is a countable noun. The noun vegetables is the plural form of the singular vegetable; one vegetable, many vegetables.

Answer 5

Yes, the plural noun 'vegetables' is a countnoun, the singular form is vegetable.

Answer 6

meat is not countable

Answer 7

uncountable

Answer 8

uncountable