Referring to, or used in the manner of, a phrase. / (grammar) Consisting of multiple words, but behaving as a single part of speech.

In a phrasal context or manner.

(linguistics) A two-word verb, consisting of a verb and a "small" adverb or particle, that has an idiomatic meaning not easily predictable from the individual parts.

plural of phrasal verb

(grammar) A preposition composed of several words rather than just one.

plural of phrasal preposition

(linguistics) The study of phrasal verbs, idioms, and hyphenated nouns and adjectives (and of rhetorical and literary terminology) and how they are categorized or typed.

(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.

plural of phrasal prepositional verb

(grammar) A multi-word verb, consisting of a verb followed by an adverbial particle and a preposition, that has idiomatic meaning.