Usually means: Two words merged, forming one.
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  1. compound word: Wordnik
  2. compound word: Wiktionary
  3. Compound word: Dictionary.com
  4. Compound word: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  5. compound word: FreeDictionary.org
  6. Compound word: TheFreeDictionary.com

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Encyclopedia of Graphic Symbols (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Compound word: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (compound word)

▸ noun:  (linguistics) A word composed of two or more stems.

Similar:
compound, complex, hybrid, mononom, binom, bigram, binome, biconsonantal, binomen, duosyllable, more...

Opposite:
simple word, monomorphemic word, single word

Types:
closed, open, hyphenated, contracted, more...

Adjectives:
compound, complex, portmanteau, reflex, cognate, hybrid, nested, formative, token, closed, lexical

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Similar:
compound, complex, hybrid, mononom, binom, bigram, binome, biconsonantal, binomen, duosyllable, more...

Opposite:
simple word, monomorphemic word, single word

Types:
closed, open, hyphenated, contracted, more...

Adjectives:
compound, complex, portmanteau, reflex, cognate, hybrid, nested, formative, token, closed, lexical



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