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Adjective equivalent.
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Words which are not adjectives but are used
to do the work of adjectives are called adjective
equivalents:

garden chair,grind stone,raging storm,down train.

[A]In these phrases,qualifying words garden,grind,raging and
down are not adjectives but they do the work of adjectives,
and are thus adjectives equivalents.
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