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nouns adjunct

nouns adjunct 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 nouns adjunct

What is nouns adjunct the plural of?
Nouns adjunct is the plural of noun adjunct.

Words near nouns adjunct in the dictionary

  1. nounless
  2. nounlessness
  3. nounlike
  4. nounness
  5. nouns
  6. nouns adjunct
  7. nouns numeral
  8. nouns of assemblage
  9. nouns of multitude
  10. nouns of place
  11. nouns substantive

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