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Compound Words
Compound words are formed by two distinct words. Examples include: newspaper, anybody, eyebrow.
3,798 Questions
Yes, sailboat is a compound word.
(sail + boat = sailboat)
Yes, go-cart is a compound noun. It can also be written go cart. There are three types of compound nouns:
open spaced: go cart
hyphenated: mother-in-law (or go-cart)
solid: baseball
What compound word start with the word foot?
football
footlocker
footnote
footprint
footrest
footstool
footwear
footwork
Etc...
What is the compound word in he' s the husband of your sister?
The compound word in the sentence is "husband." It is formed by combining the words "house" and "band" to refer to a married man.
What are the criteria for distinguishing between a compound and a word-combination?
Graphically, components of a compound are usually jointly written or hyphenated while words in a word combination are always separately written.
What word can be put in front of 'out' to form a new word?
Here are some results of that rule:
4-letter words
bout, gout, lout, pout, rout, tout
5-letter words
about, clout, flout, glout, grout, knout, scout, shout, snout, spout, stout, trout
6-letter words
buyout, cutout, devout, dimout, dugout, layout, mahout, payout, pigout, putout, ragout, redout, rubout, runout, setout, sprout, tryout
7-letter words
backout, bailout, beshout, blowout, burgout, burnout, cookout, dropout, eelpout, fallout, foldout, grayout, handout, hangout, hideout, holdout, lockout, lookout, missout, pullout, rainout, readout, rollout, sellout, shutout, sickout, slipout, spinout, surtout, takeout, timeout, turnout, walkout, washout, wipeout, without, workout
8-letter words
blackout, breakout, brownout, bullpout, carryout, checkout, closeout, flameout, freakout, gadabout, hornpout, indevout, knockout, layabout, marabout, phaseout, pitchout, printout, resprout, runabout, seascout, shakeout, shootout, stakeout, standout, stickout, undevout, watchout, whiteout
9-letter words
dishclout, downspout, groundout, hereabout, rainspout, stirabout, strikeout, turnabout, walkabout
10-letter words
knockabout, roundabout, rouseabout, roustabout, superscout, thereabout, throughout, waterspout, whereabout
11-letter words
breechclout
