We often use two nouns together to show that one thing is a part of something else:

the village church; the car door; the kitchen window; the chair leg;
my coat pocket; London residents

Warning
We do not use a possessive form for these things. We do not talk about:

The car’s door; the kitchen’s window; the chair’s leg

We can use noun modifiers to show what something is made of:

a gold watch; a leather purse; a metal box

We often use noun modifiers with nouns ending in -er and -ing:

an office worker; a jewellery maker; a potato peeler; a shopping list; a swimming lesson; a
walking holiday.

We use measurements, age or value as noun modifiers:

a thirty kilogram suitcase; a two minute rest; a five thousand euro platinum watch; a fifty
kilometre journey;

We often put two nouns together and readers/listeners have work out what they mean. So:

 an ice bucket = a bucket to keep ice in

 an ice cube = a cube made of ice
 an ice breaker = a ship which breaks ice
 the ice age = the time when much of the Earth was covered in ice.

Sometimes we find more than two nouns together:

London office workers; grammar practice exercises

Position of noun modifiers

Noun modifiers come after adjectives:

The old newspaper seller

A tiring fifty kilometre journey

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Nouns as Modifiers
Modify a noun with a noun

Noun Modifiers vs. Phrase or Clause Modifiers

ASCRIPTIVE NOUN + NOUN

A noun can specify (name) something or someone, or it can describe something or someone.
This kind of noun is an "ascriptive noun".
PRE-POSITION MODIFIER

It is an office chair. (a chair for an office)

May I have a soup spoon. (a spoon for soup)
Ring the door bell. (the bell of the door)
It is a picnic table. (a table for a picnic)
He rides a mountain bike. (a bike for mountains)
He is an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) agent. (an agent of the IRS)
*He is a Kyoto man. (a Kyotan, Kyoto-ite?) (a man from Kyoto)

NOUN + MODIFYING PHRASE / CLAUSE

While an adjective or ascriptive noun are placed before the noun, a phrase of clause (wordier
modifiers) are placed after the noun.
POST POSITION MODIFIER

It is a chair for an office. (PP)

May I have a spoon for soup. (PP)
Ring the bell that is for the door. (Relative Cls)
It is a table for picnics. (PP)
He rides a bike for mountain use. (PP)
He is an agent of the Internal Revenue Service. a tax man (PP)
He is a man from Kyoto. (PP + proper noun)

*incorrect use See Nationalities for specific terms.

Noun and Adjective are two separate categories. We can say: A noun functions as a modifier.
An adjective functions as a modifier. But not: A noun used as an adjective. See Function vs.
Category.

Meaning of the modifier varies: an office chair (location of use), a wheel chair (descriptor) a
kiddie chair (user)

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