"frozen binomial" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: frozen binomials [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} frozen binomial (plural frozen binomials)
  1. (linguistics) A pair of words used together in a fixed order that cannot be reversed, such as fish and chips or rock and roll. Categories (topical): Linguistics
    Sense id: en-frozen_binomial-en-noun-oUf-S4AB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

Inflected forms

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