What part of speech is famine?

Famine can be categorized as a noun.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. famine is a noun, singular of famines.

Inflections

Noun

What does famine mean?

Definitions

Noun

famine - a severe shortage of food (as through crop failure) resulting in violent hunger and starvation and death
famine - an acute insufficiency

Examples of famine

#   Sentence  
1. noun The prospect of famine hangs over many areas of the world.
2. noun Because of the famine, the cattle starved to death.
3. noun Disease and famine go together.
4. noun Can you share food with others in the face of famine?
5. noun Famine caused great distress among the people.
6. noun Famine stared us in the face.
7. noun Famine followed upon the eruption of the volcano.
8. noun More often than not, famine is accompanied by plague.
9. noun That is why so many people are suffering from famine.
10. noun The long drought was followed by famine.
11. noun These countries were often visited with famine.
12. noun My work is always feast or famine.
13. noun Poor crops may cause famine.
14. noun War has produced famine throughout history.
15. noun He says firefighting is a feast or famine job.
Sentence  
noun
The prospect of famine hangs over many areas of the world.
Because of the famine, the cattle starved to death.
Disease and famine go together.
Can you share food with others in the face of famine?
Famine caused great distress among the people.
Famine stared us in the face.
Famine followed upon the eruption of the volcano.
More often than not, famine is accompanied by plague.
That is why so many people are suffering from famine.
The long drought was followed by famine.
These countries were often visited with famine.
My work is always feast or famine.
Poor crops may cause famine.
War has produced famine throughout history.
He says firefighting is a feast or famine job.

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