English

Noun

lexical item ‎(plural lexical items)

1. (semantics) A term—word or a sequence of words—that acts as a unit of meaning, including words, phrases, phrasal verbs and proverbs, exemplified by "cat", "traffic light", "take care of", "by-the-way", and "don't count your chickens before they hatch".

Synonyms

• lexical unit

Translations

See also

• lexeme
• lexis
• lexicon