| compound adjective |
| Definition: A two-or-more word adjectival phrase. |
| Example:
(1) red-brick house (2) far-fetched story |
| Usage:
1. Hyphenate them to reduce ambiguity type-A blood 2. Don't hyphenate if the modifiers follow the modified noun. his blood is Type A 3. Don't use a hyphen after the word very . very-long-term disability (bad) very long-term disability (good) |