A single musical statement with some completeness, with a structure consisting of a discernible beginning, middle, and end. In musical terms, a phrase is analogous to a sentence in speech.
“I can talk to my Sales Engineer about any piece of equipment, and he always steers me in the right direction. He truly knows what he's talking about, and he never tries to over-sell me on anything. If he worked in the Nashville area, I'd probably owe him about 20 dinners by now!” Michael Erin Woody, Brentwood, TN