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hostessing

hostessing noun: the work of a hostess. Also the present participle and gerund of hostess.

Noun

hostessing (uncountable)

  1. The work of a hostess.
    • “Has the art of hostessing gone so far down the tubes that no one knows how to throw a party anymore without all these books?”2007 March 11, Abby Ellin, “Books Strew the Path to the Altar”, in New York Times

Also used as

hostessing is also the present participle and gerund of hostess.

Origin of hostessing

From hostess + -ing.

Questions about hostessing

What does hostessing mean?
Hostessing means the work of a hostess.
What part of speech is hostessing?
Hostessing is a noun.

Words near hostessing in the dictionary

  1. hostess-ship
  2. hostesse
  3. hostessed
  4. hostesses
  5. hostesses with the mostesses
  6. hostessing
  7. hostessship
  8. hostessy
  9. Hostetler
  10. Hostetlers
  11. Hostetter

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