noun adjunct
noun Grammar.
a noun that occurs before and modifies another noun, as toy in toy store or tour in tour group.
Also called
attributive noun,
noun premodifier.
Origin of noun adjunct
First recorded in 1960–65
Words nearby noun adjunct
noughts-and-crosses,
noumenal,
noumenon,
nouméa,
noun,
noun adjunct,
noun clause,
noun incorporation,
noun phrase,
nourice,
nourish