Idiom - Definition

n 1: a manner of speaking that is natural to native speakers of
a language [syn: parlance, idiom]
2: the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific
group of people; "the immigrants spoke an odd dialect of
English"; "he has a strong German accent"; "it has been said
that a language is a dialect with an army and navy" [syn:
dialect, idiom, accent]
3: the style of a particular artist or school or movement; "an
imaginative orchestral idiom" [syn: artistic style,
idiom]
4: an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the
meanings of the words that make it up [syn: idiom,
idiomatic expression, phrasal idiom, set phrase,
phrase]