phrase

Meanings

• an expression consisting of one or more words forming a grammatical constituent of a sentence
• a short musical passage
• an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up
• dance movements that are linked in a single choreographic sequence
• put into words or an expression
• divide, combine, or mark into phrases
  • "phrase a musical passage"

Synonyms

articulate, formulate, give voice, idiom, idiomatic expression, musical phrase, phrasal idiom, set phrase, word