Term: predicate: one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the predicate contains the verb and its complements
Broader: phrase: an expression consisting of one or more words forming a grammatical constituent of a sentence | Unrelated: indolebutyric acid: a synthetic plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots
Broader: phrase: an expression consisting of one or more words forming a grammatical constituent of a sentence | Unrelated: ensis: razor clams
Broader: phrase: an expression consisting of one or more words forming a grammatical constituent of a sentence | Unrelated: wood sugar: a sugar extracted from wood or straw; used in foods for diabetics
Broader: phrase: an expression consisting of one or more words forming a grammatical constituent of a sentence | Unrelated: life raft: a raft to use if a ship must be abandoned in an emergency
Broader: phrase: an expression consisting of one or more words forming a grammatical constituent of a sentence | Unrelated: african coral snake: small widely distributed arboreal snake of southern Africa banded in black and orange
Broader: phrase: an expression consisting of one or more words forming a grammatical constituent of a sentence | Unrelated: resort hotel: a fashionable hotel usually in a resort area
Broader: phrase: an expression consisting of one or more words forming a grammatical constituent of a sentence | Unrelated: cassegrainian telescope: a reflecting telescope that has a paraboloidal primary mirror and a hyperboloidal secondary mirror; light is brought to a focus through an aperture in the center of the primary mirror
Broader: phrase: an expression consisting of one or more words forming a grammatical constituent of a sentence | Unrelated: birdnesting: hunting for birds' nests to get the eggs
Broader: phrase: an expression consisting of one or more words forming a grammatical constituent of a sentence | Unrelated: jab: a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow)
Broader: phrase: an expression consisting of one or more words forming a grammatical constituent of a sentence | Unrelated: constantinople: the council in 869 that condemned Photius who had become the patriarch of Constantinople without approval from the Vatican, thereby precipitating the schism between the eastern and western churches