word class in English

noun
1
a category of words of similar form or function; a part of speech.
On the lexical level, paradigmatic contrasts indicate which words are likely to belong to the same word class (part of speech): cat, dog, parrot in the diagram are all nouns, sat, slept, perched are all verbs.
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1. An adverb is a part of speech (or word class) that's primarily used to modify a verb, adjective, or other Adverbs and can additionally modify prepositional phrases, subordinate clauses, and complete sentences.

2. An Adverb is a part of speech (or word class) that's primarily used to modify a verb, adjective, or other Adverbs and can additionally modify prepositional phrases, subordinate clauses, and complete sentences

3. Barbecue (to Buz and Ned’s) means anything that can be cooked on a barbecue pit and/or an open grill… from the traditional pork butts, beef brisket, pork and beef back ribs and chicken to more unusual items such as baby goat or lamb, smoked duck, wild game, marinated and smoked whole beef tenderloin quail or goose… and our word-class quality carries right on through to the accompaniments