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Uncountable Countable
accommodation a place to live or stay (NOT ar-aceommedation)
advice a piece of advice (NOT arradviee)
bread a loaf; a roll
furniture a piece of furniture
grass a blade of grass; a lawn
information a piece of information
knowledge a fact
lightning a flash of lightning
luggage a piece of luggage; a case; a trunk
money anote; a coin; asum
news a piece of news
progress a step forward
research a piece of research; an experiment
rubbish a piece of rubbish
spaghetti a piece of spaghetti
thunder a clap of thunder
toothache an aching tooth
travel a journey; a trip
work a job; a piece of work
Note: A headache is countable.

Many nouns have both countable and uncountable uses.
Compare:
I'd like some white paper. (uncountable)
I'm going out to buy a paper. (= a newspaper countable)
—
The window's made of unbreakable glass. (uncountable)
Would you like a glass of water? (countable)
Could | have some coffee? (uncountable)
Could we have two coffees, please? (= cups of coffee countable)
—

She’s got red hair. I've got two white hairs.
(uncountable) (countable)
For more information about particular nouns, look in a good dictionary.