What part of speech is locust?

Locust can be categorized as a noun.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. locust is a noun, singular of locusts.

Inflections

Noun

What does locust mean?

Definitions

Noun

locust - migratory grasshoppers of warm regions having short antennae
locust - hardwood from any of various locust trees
locust - any of various hardwood trees of the family Leguminosae

Examples of locust

#   Sentence  
1. noun The locust made a big jump.
2. noun That's not a grasshopper. It's a locust!
3. noun That's not a locust, that's a grasshopper!
4. noun The Spanish word "langosta" can mean either "lobster" or "locust".
5. noun And the Lord said to Moses: Stretch forth thy hand upon the land of Egypt unto the locust, that it come upon it, and devour every herb that is left after the hail.
Sentence  
noun
The locust made a big jump.
That's not a grasshopper. It's a locust!
That's not a locust, that's a grasshopper!
The Spanish word "langosta" can mean either "lobster" or "locust".
And the Lord said to Moses: Stretch forth thy hand upon the land of Egypt unto the locust, that it come upon it, and devour every herb that is left after the hail.

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