attributive nouns

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Definition of attributive nouns in English English dictionary

plural form of attributive noun

Related Terms

attributive noun

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.

Hyphenation

at·tri·bu·tive nouns