collocation

noun

• 1 Linguistics the habitual juxtaposition of a particular word with another word or words with a frequency greater than chance:the words have a similar range of collocation
• a pair or group of words that are habitually juxtaposed:“strong coffee” and “heavy drinker” are typical English collocations

• 2the action of placing things side by side or in position:the collocation of the two pieces