phrasal noun

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Noun

phrasal noun (plural phrasal nouns)

  1. (grammar) A noun consisting of a verb followed by a particle or preposition; the substantive counterpart of a phrasal verb (in grammar schemas that use that concept), conveying gerundive meaning.
    "Break-in" is the phrasal noun from "break in"

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