adjective phrase definition
An adjective phrase (or adjectival phrase) is a phrase that tells us something about the noun it is modifying.The head (principal) word in an adjective phrase will be an adjective. In the examples below, the adjective phrase is shaded and the head word (i.e., the adjective) is in bold:n adjective phrase (or adjectival phrase) is a phrase that tells us something about the noun it is modifying.