Concrete Noun

 5. CONCRETE NOUN

 The word Concrete has been taken from Latin concretus, the past participle of concrescere means to grow together-from com- 'together'+ crescere 'to grow-naming a real thing or class of things. Noun sense of "building material made from cement, etc." The word poem is concrete, poetry is abstract.

Example

 The storm was a thing of beauty. The waves were tall and foaming as they rolled toward the shore. The wind bent the palm trees on the cliffs into graceful curves, and clouds raced across the gray expanse of sky.

 Waves, palm trees, cliffs, clouds, and sky are all concrete nouns. The Concrete Nouns create a picture of the storm for the reader, showing the reader how the storm was beautiful.

 A Concrete Noun is a noun that refers to what is viewed as a material entity including people and animals, physical items that we can perceive through our senses, that means Concrete Noun is a noun that names something you can see (like the sun), touch (like a shawl), smell (like a jasmine), hear (like roar), or taste (like salt).

 Concrete nouns can be countable nouns or uncountable nouns, and singular nouns or plural nouns. Concrete nouns can also be a common noun, proper nouns and collective nouns.

Example

 Common Concrete Nouns: elephant, frog, chair, baby, milk

 Countable Concrete Nouns (Singular): book, TV, pencil, wall

 Countable Concrete Nouns (Plural): plates, radios, pens, walls

 Uncountable Concrete Nouns: salt, rice, milk, air, diesel, pepper, cheese

 Proper Nouns: Mrs. Ahmad, Tom Cruse, Madonna

 Other Examples

 I could smell dinner cooking. Con. •

 The music blasted through the thin walls. Con.

 The bird built a nest and slept in his cage. Con. Con. Con.

 Concrete nouns are used in extensive works of literature.