linguistics and stylistics, an irreversible binomial, frozen binomial, binomial freeze, binomial expression, binomial pair, or nonreversible word pair...

Ladies and gentlemen is a salutation and irreversible binomial used in the field of entertainment, sports and theater since the 19th century. The salutation...

English legal language consisting of two or more words that are irreversible binomials and frequently synonyms, usually connected by "and", such as "null...

they form an irreversible binomial. For example, a person may be left high and dry, but never left dry and high. Not all irreversible binomials are idioms...

— Toby Guzzle, in Christopher Bullock, The Cobbler of Preston, p. 21 Irreversible binomial, a pair or group of words used together in fixed order Sparks, Jared...

Siamese-American conjoined twin brothers from whom the term derives Irreversible binomial, a pair or group of words used together in fixed order, such as...

hurt me. The first three words of the rhyme are an example of an irreversible binomial. Alexander William Kinglake in his Eothen (written 1830, published...

context, yangyin is not synonymous with yinyang. The linguistic term "irreversible binomial" refers to a collocation of two words A–B that cannot be idiomatically...

no independent meaning in a lexeme Fossilization (linguistics) Irreversible binomial fossil. Additions Series, 1993 (Second Edition, 1989 ed.). Oxford...

famine in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Feast or Famine is an irreversible binomial that may refer to: Feast or Famine (Reef the Lost Cauze album),...