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How can you tell if a word is a compound word?

Updated: 9/16/2023
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Msalmans

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Separate a word into two words going letter by letter until the two words you created are actually words in whatever language the original word was. :) Butterfly: Butter & fly! Keyboard: Key & board!

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By your definition then, the words season and bamboo would be compound words, but they aren't. Sea + son = season or bam + boo = bamboo. The thing to remember is even though there may be two separate words within the word, if the original word was already one word, then it isn't a compound. season...is a word without separation of sea and son. Bamboo is a word without separation of bam and boo.

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