Is A Food A Noun. A material noun or a. Meat doesnt refer to a single specific thing nor do salt or smoke.
Material consisting essentially of protein carbohydrate and fat used in the body of an organism to sustain growth repair and vital processes and to furnish energy also. Countable nouns also known as count nouns are nouns which can be counted. One of the more common such uses is junk food which appears to have begun being used in English in the 1920s.
In more general commonly used contexts the plural form will also be food.
A proper noun refers to a single specific thing. Below is a list of common countable foods in English. A countable noun or an uncountable noun. The food I ate was bacon eggs and toast.