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The word Easter is a proper noun, the name of a specific day of celebration. When used for terms such as Easter lilies or Easter basket, they are considered open compound nouns. There are three types of compound nouns:

open spaced: tennis shoe, front door, paint brush

hyphenated: mother-in-law, fifty-five, six-pack

closed: bathtub, Baseball, houseboat

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