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Noun

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Singular attributive noun

Plural attributive nouns

attributive noun (plural attributive nouns)

  1. a noun that modifies another noun attributively and that is optional (that is, it can be removed without affecting the grammar of the sentence); a noun used as an adjective.
    For example, in the compound noun "chicken soup", the attributive noun "chicken" modifies the noun "soup".

Synonyms

Category: English nouns

 

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