Concrete Nouns
What Are Concrete Nouns? (with Examples)
A concrete noun represents something that can be seen, touched, tasted, heard, or smelled. In other words, a concrete noun is something that you can perceive with at least one of your five senses.Concrete nouns contrast with abstract nouns, which name things you cannot see, hear, touch, smell, or taste. For example, can perceive wood and chocolate with your senses, so these are examples of concrete nouns. However, you cannot perceivemotherhood or bravery, so these are examples of abstract nouns.
Examples of Concrete Nouns
Here is a list of some concrete nouns:- abbey, abdomen, agent, air, alcove, alligator, almonds, ankle, antelope, antlers, ants, ape, apse, architect, arm, armadillo, armchair, arrow, ashram, attendant, auditorium, aunt, baboon, bagpipes, banjo, bank, barn, barracks, basement, bassoon, bat, bathrobe, beach, beads, beak, bear, beard, bed, belfry, belly, bench, beret, bill, blackberries, blood, bloom, blossom, blueberries, boar, bog, bones, bookcase, bow, bower, boy, bracelet, brain, branch, brass, breast, briefs, brook, broom, brother, brushes, bucket, bud, buffet, bug, bungalow, bus, cabbage, cabin, cakes, camel, canal, canoe, cans, canvas, cap, carport, cart, cashier, casino, casserole, castle, cathedral, cauliflower, caves, cello, cemetery, cereal, chair, chalet, channel, chapel, chateau, cheetah, chest, child, chimpanzee, chipmunk, churches, city, clarinet, cloister, coast, cockroach, coffee, colon, cookies, cornet, cot, cottage, couch, country, crackers, cradle, creek, crib, crocodile, crotch, cub, cymbals, dagger, dart, daughter, deckchair, deer, designer, detective, diner, dinghy, dinosaur, dock, doe, dogs, dolls, dolphin, donkey, drake, dress, drum, duck, dynamos, eagle, earrings, earth, earthworm, easel, eclipse, elbow, elephant, elevator, elk, elm, emu, eye, eyeball, eyebrows, eyeglasses, farm, father, fawn, filly, fingernail, fire, fireplace, fish, flute, fondue, forearm, forest, fortress, frigate, fruit, fur, gallbladder, galleon, gander, garden, garlic, gazebo, gem, gerbil, ghost, giraffe, girl, glands, glockenspiel, gloves, goose, grains, grandfather, grandmother, grapefruit, grass, greenhouse, grouper, guitar, gums, hacienda, hail, hamburger, hammock, hand, harp, hatchet, head, hearth, heaven, hedge, hedgehog, hell, herbs, hip, hippodrome, horn, hornets, horse, host, hostess, hotdog, hotel, hovel, hurricane, hut, hutch, hydrofoil, hyena, igloo, inn, intestines, jackal, jaguar, jailhouse, jewel, joey, judge, kangaroo, kidneys, kingfish, kiosk, knee, knickers, knight, knuckles, koala, lake, lap, lark, lawn, lawyer, leeks, leg, legumes, lemons, lettuce, lion, lips, lobster, locker, locket, loft, lungs, lute, maiden, mall, man, manor, mansion, mantel, mare, marsh, mayor, mirror, model, monastery, monkey, monsoon, mop, motel, moth, moth, mother, mouth, mule, muscles, museum, musician, mutt, nightingale, nurse, nuts, oak, oars, oasis, oboe, ocean, onions, onions, orange, orangutan, orchard, orchestra, outhouse, owl, paddock, pagoda, painter, palm, pancake, panda, panties, pants, parachute, park, pasta, paws, peach, peacock, pelt, pendant, peppers, petal, philosopher, photographer, physician, piano, piccolo, pier, pig, pinworms, pipe, poison, pony, popcorn, porcupine, port, porthole, pouch, prince, princess, professor, psychologist, publisher, pudding, puddle, puma, pupil, pyramid, quill, rags, rain, ranch, raspberries, rat, ravioli, restaurant, retina, rhinoceros, river, roads, sails, saloon, sandwich, saxophone, school, schoolteacher, sea, seal, settler, shack, shark, shin, shirt, shoelaces, shoes, shore, shrimp, sibling, sideburns, silo, singer, sister, skull, skunk, sky, skyscraper, sleet, sloth, smog, snakes, snow, solitaire, son, spider, spine, spotlight, squirrel, stables, stadium, stag, stage, stars, steaks, stew, stole, stool, storm, strawberries, stream, streets, studs, submarine, suburb, subway, suit, suitcase, sun, sunglasses, sunlamp, supermarket, sushi, swamp, sword, tabernacle, tail, tambourine, tangerine, tavern, tea, teeth, telephone, temples, therapist, thigh, throat, thumb, thunderbolt, tiara, tiger, toad, toad, toes, tomato, tongue, torso, tower, town, tram, tripod, trolley, trousers, tuba, tunnels, turkey, turtle, typhoon, ukulele, uncle, underwear, urn, usher, van, venom, villa, village, vineyard, viola, violin, vulture, wafer, waffles, waist, waiter, wallaby, wallet, walnuts, wasps, watch, waterfall, weasel, whale, wings, wolf, woman, wombat, woodwinds, worm, wrap, wren, wrist, xylophone, xylophone, yacht, yard, yurt, zebra, zoo
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