: a phrase formed by a noun and all its modifiers and determiners
broadly: any syntactic element (such as a clause, clitic, pronoun, or zero element) with a noun's function (such as the subject of a verb or the object of a verb or preposition) —abbreviation NP
Example Sentences
In the sentence “I found the owner of the dog,” “the owner of the dog” is a noun phrase.
Recent Examples on the WebMeanwhile, a two-year-old child tested alongside Kanzi quickly intuits that two nouns can make up a noun phrase, tucked as a direct object into a verb phrase, which in turn is part of a sentence.The Economist, 22 Aug. 2019