compound word
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- noun
- /ˈkɒmpaʊnd wɜrd/
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- A compound word like "toothbrush" combines two individual words to create a new meaning.
- compound words or familiar
The other thing is that the word crowdfunding is a compound word.
- The other thing is that the word crowdfunding is a compound word.
Examples
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When used as a noun, a compound word often contains a hyphen (a follow-up, a put-down).
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A hyphen is used to compound words that are adjectives before a noun, e.g., honey-roasted peanuts.
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There are many compound words, one part of which is African and the other English.
Academic text (1992) -
"Lovingkindness is a compound word that joins two important qualities: love and kindness."
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I gave myself a challenge: make a list of rhyming, two-syllable words, compound words, or phrases that sounded juicy and turn that list into a song.
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It's precisely that compound word that leads me, Mary, and two crew members up another creaky flight of stairs to the attic of the hundred-year-old building, huddled up on the one thin area capable of supporting our weight.
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In English, a compound word such as "sunflower" is formed by joining the words "sun" and "flower."
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The teacher explained that a compound word is created when two words are linked together, like "basketball."
Synonyms
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A word made by joining two or more words together
Antonyms
How Blended
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a word made up of two or more existing words' is directly and compositionally derived from 'compound' (made of parts) + 'word' (a lexical item). This follows a common morphological compounding pattern found across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Compound word is a 'word' made by joining two or more whole words so the new 'word' often has a different 'meaning'. For example, tooth + paste makes toothpaste and watch + dog makes watchdog, which helps you remember how the parts create the new meaning.