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noun phrase

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Examples
“Fred” in “Fred fell asleep at the keyboard.” “The day Fred . . . keyboard” in “The day Fred fell asleep at the keyboard was very hot, and he had had too much to drink at lunchtime.” “banana” (a noun) “big bananas” (anadjective 'big', and a pluralnoun) “a big banana” (anarticle 'a', an adjective and a singular noun) “this big banana” (adeterminer 'this', an adjective and a singular noun) “a very big banana” (an article, anadverb 'very', defining an adjective, and a singular noun) “a very big banana that tastes great” (an article, an adverb defining an adjective, and a singular noun; followed by arelative clause made up of arelative pronoun 'that', averb 'tastes', and an adjective 'great')

Examples

“Fred” in “Fred fell asleep at the keyboard.”
“The day Fred . . . keyboard” in “The day Fred fell asleep at the keyboard was very hot, and he had had too much to drink at lunchtime.”
“banana” (a noun)
“big bananas” (anadjective 'big', and a pluralnoun)
“a big banana” (anarticle 'a', an adjective and a singular noun)
“this big banana” (adeterminer 'this', an adjective and a singular noun)
“a very big banana” (an article, anadverb 'very', defining an adjective, and a singular noun)
“a very big banana that tastes great” (an article, an adverb defining an adjective, and a singular noun; followed by arelative clause made up of arelative pronoun 'that', averb 'tastes', and an adjective 'great')

noun phrase (pluralnoun phrases)

(grammar) Aphrase that has anoun (or indefinite pronoun) as itshead orperforms the same grammatical function as a noun.
The term "restaurant supply service" is anoun phrase, as are "red blood cell" and "happy cat".
Many collocations arenoun phrases.

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(parts of speech, of phrasal type):

phrase that can serve as the subject or the object of a verb