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[-] SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

You are correct. In English, when a noun is used to modify another noun (as an adjective does), it's referred to as a noun adjunct, attributive noun, or, more rarely, an adjectival noun (the last almost exclusively refers to a similar usage in Japanese). While it serves the purpose of an adjective, it's still technically a noun.

Examples are chicken soup, toy store, race car, and boat lane.

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