noun adjunct
nounGrammar.
a noun that occurs before and modifies another noun, as toy in toy store or tour in tour group.
Origin of noun adjunct
1First recorded in 1960–65
- Also called attributive noun, noun premodifier .
Words Nearby noun adjunct
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