What part of speech is basil?

Basil can be categorized as a noun.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. basil is a noun, singular of basils.

Inflections

Noun

What does basil mean?

Definitions

Verb

basil - To grind the edge of a tool to an acute angle.

Noun

Basil - (Roman Catholic Church) the bishop of Caesarea who defended the Roman Catholic Church against the heresies of the 4th century; a saint and Doctor of the Church (329-379)
basil - any of several Old World tropical aromatic annual or perennial herbs of the genus Ocimum
basil - leaves of the common basil; used fresh or dried

Examples of basil

#   Sentence  
1. noun I like to add basil to season my spaghetti sauce.
2. noun Put some basil on the pizza.
3. noun Would you like basil on your spaghetti?
4. noun The pasta I ate had too much basil.
5. noun "People love it when we say 'this salad came from out back and this basil was grown outside," garden manager Gwen Schantz said.
6. noun After the cross is fished out, the priest sprinkles believers with water using a bunch of basil.
7. noun The sauce is almost ready. Only now do we add parsley and basil to it.
Sentence  
noun
I like to add basil to season my spaghetti sauce.
Put some basil on the pizza.
Would you like basil on your spaghetti?
The pasta I ate had too much basil.
"People love it when we say 'this salad came from out back and this basil was grown outside," garden manager Gwen Schantz said.
After the cross is fished out, the priest sprinkles believers with water using a bunch of basil.
The sauce is almost ready. Only now do we add parsley and basil to it.

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