verbal noun
noun Grammar.
a noun derived from a verb, especially by a process applicable to most or all verbs, as, in English, the -ing form of Eating is fun or of Smoking is forbidden.
Origin of verbal noun
First recorded in 1700–10
Words nearby verbal noun
verb. sap.,
verbal,
verbal adjective,
verbal auxiliary,
verbal irony,
verbal noun,
verbalism,
verbalist,
verbality,
verbalize,
verbascum
British Dictionary definitions for verbal noun
verbal noun
noun
a noun derived from a verb, such as smoking in the sentence smoking is bad for you
See also gerund