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Compound Words
Compound words are formed by two distinct words. Examples include: newspaper, anybody, eyebrow.
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A compound word is the result of two words being joined. Sand is a word, whereas "wich" is not. Therefore, sandwich is NOT a compound word.
No, what would it be a compound of?
Actually forgot is a compound word. A compound word is a word made up from two smaller words...in this case "for" and "got".
Is the word freedom a compound word?
This is not really a compound word.
The suffix -dom, from the same root as "domain" is added to adjectives to indicate a condition or state. Examples are the nouns wisdom (wise) and boredom (bored).
This is similar to its use with nouns, such as kingdom (king's domain), which can be considered compound.
Is houselight a compound word?
Yes, "houselight" is a compound word formed by combining "house" and "light."
Yes bulldog is a compound word. The words are bull and dog.
Are compound nouns always hyphenated?
No, there are no specific rules on forming compound nouns. Hyphens are often used to reduce confusion in a sentence. For example, the compound noun 'wire clip' is perfectly acceptable as a compound noun, but for a term like 'plastic wire-clip', the hyphen makes it more readable. The compound word is correct with or without the hyphen.
Examples:
six-pack or six pack
T-shirt or T shirt
great-grandmother or great grandmother
half-sister or half sister
sixty-six or sixty six
warm-up or warm up
Yes Greenland is a compound word. The words are green and land.
Compound words that start with land?
- landfall
- landfill
- landform
- landholder
- landlocked
- landlord
- landlady
- landline
- landlubber
- landmine
- landscape
- landslide
- landmass
- landward
- landmark
Is the word lantern a compound word?
Lantern does not have two parts that would stand alone so it is not compound like earthworm.
Yes, "hometown" is a compound noun since it is derived from two different roots.
Yes. The word island is a compound word because it is a word made up of two words. The two words are is and land.
Is the word person a compound word?
No, the word "person" is not a compound word. It is a standalone word that refers to an individual human being.
The noun 'hot dog' is a compound noun, considered a single word.
A compound noun is a word made of two or more individual words that merge to form a noun with a meaning of its own. There are three types of compound nouns:
- open spaced: tennis shoe, front door, bus stop, hot dog
- hyphenated: mother-in-law, fifty-five, six-pack, T-shirt
- closed: bathtub, baseball, houseboat, lunchbox, keyboard
Words that can replace the word- SO?
Words that can replace the conjunction "so":
"Therefore"
"Whereas"
"Thus"
"Accordingly"
"Whence"
Is the word before and the word become compound words. Help!
Words that do not contain aeiou?
In the English language there are no words that do not contain at least one vowel: a, e , i, o, or u.
