English Dictionary

lexical item

noun

(semantics) A term—word or a sequence of words—that acts as a unit of meaning, including words, phrases, phrasal verbs and proverbs, exemplified by cat, traffic light, take care of, by-the-way, and don't count your chickens before they hatch.

The lexical item is an important concept in linguistics.

意味（1）

(semantics) A term—word or a sequence of words—that acts as a unit of meaning, including words, phrases, phrasal verbs and proverbs, exemplified by cat, traffic light, take care of, by-the-way, and don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Thus there are 3751 lexical items covered in total. Taking into account polysemy, there are 4315 separate senses.