English edit

Etymology edit

key +‎ phrase

Noun edit

keyphrase (plural keyphrases)

  1. (cryptography) A phrase used in encryption as a key, like a single keyword (password) would be: Synonym of passphrase.
  2. (linguistics) A phrase of relative importance in a text, acting like a keyword (important term) or a combination of several thereof.
    Hypernym: keystring