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compound adjective

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adjective
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Sense: Noun: modifying term

Synonyms:

modifier, determiner, describing word, descriptive word, descriptor, qualifier, identifier, attribute , adjectival construction, descriptive term, qualifying word, qualifying term, identifying word, identifying term, attributive name

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