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Noun phrase has 3 senses
- phrase - an expression forming a grammatical constituent of a sentence but not containing a finite verb
--1 is a kind of construction, grammatical construction, expression
--1 has parts: headword, head word; modifier, qualifier
--1 has particulars:
- phrase, musical phrase - a short musical passage
--2 is a kind of passage, musical passage
--2 is a part of
--2 has particulars: ligature; ostinato
- idiom, idiomatic expression, phrasal idiom, set phrase, phrase - an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up
--3 is a kind of saying, expression, locution
--3 has particulars: ruralism, rusticism
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