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noun adjuncts

noun adjuncts is the plural of noun adjunct.

Meaning of noun adjunct

Noun

noun adjunct (plural nouns adjunct or noun adjuncts)

  1. A noun that modifies another noun (thus functioning adjectivally) and that is grammatically optional; it may be a single word or a compound noun or noun phrase.
    • Noun adjuncts form the first elements of hundreds of compound nouns in American English (bird house, ball field, name brand, and fieldhouse); […]1993, Kenneth G. Wilson, The Columbia Guide to Standard American English, page 300
    Synonyms:
    attributive noun, noun modifier, noun premodifier, qualifying noun, apposite noun
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see noun, adjunct. (an adjunct to a noun)

Questions about noun adjuncts

What is noun adjuncts the plural of?
Noun adjuncts is the plural of noun adjunct.

Words near noun adjuncts in the dictionary

  1. Nouméan
  2. noun
  3. noun adjective
  4. noun adjectives
  5. noun adjunct
  6. noun adjuncts
  7. noun class
  8. noun classes
  9. noun clause
  10. noun clauses
  11. noun modifier

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