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noun adjunct
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noun Grammar.
a noun that occurs before and modifies another noun, as toy in toy store or tour in tour group.
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Also called attributive noun, noun premodifier .
Origin of noun adjunct
First recorded in 1960â65
Words nearby noun adjunct
noughts-and-crosses, Nouméa, noumenal, noumenon, noun, noun adjunct, noun clause, noun incorporation, noun phrase, nourice, nourish
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