countable
adjectiveUK /ˈkaʊntəbl/
US /ˈkaʊntəbl/
Something countable can be counted one by one.
Apples are countable because you can count them one, two, three.
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2. In grammar, a countable noun is a word for something you can count, like 'book' or 'chair'.
'Dog' is a countable noun, but 'water' is not.
3. Able to be counted or numbered.
The countable items in the box were easy to list.
4. In mathematics, a set is countable if its elements can be matched with the counting numbers.
The set of whole numbers is countable.