~ combines with nouns to form adjectives which describe something as being similar to the thing referred to by the noun.
...beautiful purple-red petunia~ flowers.
...a tiny worm~ creature.
COMB in ADJ: usu ADJ n
~ combines with nouns to form adjectives which describe something as being similar to the thing referred to by the noun.
...beautiful purple-red petunia~ flowers.
...a tiny worm~ creature.
COMB in ADJ: usu ADJ n
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012