PHRASAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does phrasal mean? 

• PHRASAL (adjective)
  The adjective PHRASAL has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to or functioning as a phrase

  Familiarity information: PHRASAL used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PHRASAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or functioning as a phrase

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

phrasal verb

Pertainym:

phrase (an expression consisting of one or more words forming a grammatical constituent of a sentence)

Derivation:

phrase (dance movements that are linked in a single choreographic sequence)

phrase (an expression consisting of one or more words forming a grammatical constituent of a sentence)

phrase (a short musical passage)

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