noun
Usage: sometimes capitalized N&P
: a syntactic element (as a word, phrase, or clause) that can be used for a nominal function (as the subject or object of a verb or object of a preposition)
noun
Usage: sometimes capitalized N&P
: a syntactic element (as a word, phrase, or clause) that can be used for a nominal function (as the subject or object of a verb or object of a preposition)
Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012