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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A phrase whose head is a noun, as our favorite restaurant.

Wiktionary

  1. n. grammar A phrase that can serve as the subject or the object of a verb; it is usually headed by a noun, (including pronouns), with any associated dependents such as determiners or modifiers.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a phrase that can function as the subject or object of a verb

Etymologies

  1. noun +‎ phrase (Wiktionary)

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  1. phrase

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Words that contain this word in their definition

  1. endocentric
  2. preposition
  3. adjective
  4. make
  5. determiner
  6. bahuvrihi
  7. count noun
  8. object
  9. patient
  10. pronoun
  1. agent
  2. apposition
  3. subject
  4. goal
  5. condemn
  6. fashion
  7. nonrestrictive
  8. restrictive
  9. proform
  10. infinitive
  1. wherewith
  2. sunder
  3. attributive
  4. had i wist
  5. heapmeal
  6. howdy
  7. NP
  8. temporal role
  9. noun phrase
  10. ablative absolute
  1. postpose
  2. practically
  3. restrictive clause
  4. resultant role
  5. temporal
  6. argument
  7. case
  8. constituent
  9. descriptive clause
  10. locative
  1. locative role
  2. much
  3. nonrestrictive clause
  4. result
  5. article
  6. cease
  7. a
  8. con
  9. home
  10. many
  1. of
  2. sine
  3. specie
  4. who

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