Articulates (7)
I believe the answer is:
phrases
'articulates' is the definition.
('phrase' can be a synonym of 'articulate')
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for phrases that I've seen before include "Meaningful groups of words" , "Parts of sentances without verbs" , "Grammatical divisions" , "Grammatical constituents without finite verbs" , "Grammatical constituent of a sentence" .)