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Set phrase Moderate

Set phrase has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up

2

An established expression whose wording is subject to little or no variation, and which may or may not be idiomatic.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
saying
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
ruralism
Rhyming Words
ase base ease rase wase nase sase vase tase case kase lase mase jase mease dbase tease pease ukase dease
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