Usually means: Expression with meaning beyond words.
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We found 39 dictionaries that define the word idiom:

General (29 matching dictionaries)
  1. idiom: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. idiom: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. idiom: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. idiom: Collins English Dictionary
  5. idiom: Vocabulary.com
  6. Idiom, idiom: Wordnik
  7. idiom: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. idiom: Wiktionary
  9. idiom: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. idiom: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. idiom: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. idiom: Dictionary.com
  13. idiom: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. idiom: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Idiom (disambiguation), Idiom (language structure), Idiom: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Idiom: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. idiom: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. idiom: Rhymezone
  19. Idiom (nt), idiom: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. idiom: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. idiom: MyWord.info
  22. idiom: Free Dictionary
  23. idiom: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. idiom: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus
  25. idiom: Dictionary/thesaurus
  26. idiom: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
  27. Idiom: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)

Art (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. idiom: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology
  2. Linguistic Glossary (No longer online)
  3. Literary Criticism (No longer online)
  4. Idiom: Lexicon of Linguistics
  5. ODLIS: Online Dictionary of Library and Information Science (No longer online)

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. idiom: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. idiom: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. IDIOM: Acronym Finder

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. idiom: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  A manner of speaking, a mode of expression peculiar to a language, language family, or group of people.
noun:  (programming) A programming construct or phraseology that is characteristic of the language.
noun:  A language or language variety; specifically, a restricted dialect used in a given historical period, context etc.
noun:  An established phrasal expression whose meaning may not be deducible from the literal meanings of its component words.
noun:  An artistic style (for example, in art, architecture, or music); an instance of such a style.

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