Usually means: Substance composed of different elements.
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We found 62 dictionaries that define the word compound:

General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. compound: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. compound, compound: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. compound, compound: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. compound: Collins English Dictionary
  5. compound: Vocabulary.com
  6. Compound, compound: Wordnik
  7. compound: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. compound: Wiktionary
  9. compound: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. compound: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. compound: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. compound: Dictionary.com
  13. compound (n.), compound (v.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. compound: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Compound (chemistry), Compound (company), Compound (disambiguation), Compound (enclosure), Compound (fortification), Compound (linguistics), Compound (migrant labour), Compound (music), Compound, The Compound (novel), The Compound, The compound: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Compound: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. compound: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. compound: Rhymezone
  19. compound: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. compound: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. compound: Free Dictionary
  22. compound: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. compound: Dictionary/thesaurus

Art (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Linguistic Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Compound: Lexicon of Linguistics

Business (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
  2. compound: Webster's New World Law Dictionary
  3. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  4. Compound: Investopedia
  5. compound: Legal dictionary
  6. compound: Financial dictionary
  7. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Compound (chemistry), compound: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. compound: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  3. compound: Medical dictionary
  4. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. compound: Idioms

Science (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. Chemistry Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Archaeology Wordsmith (No longer online)
  3. Compound: Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics
  4. Botanical Terms (No longer online)
  5. On-Line Biology Book: GLOSSARY (No longer online)
  6. Flora of New South Wales (No longer online)
  7. Compound: NRC Glossary of Nuclear Terms --
  8. compound: UNCChem Glossary
  9. Compound: Eric Weisstein's World of Chemistry

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. The Compound, compound: Urban Dictionary

Sports (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Hickok Sports Glossaries (No longer online)
  2. Internet Karting Glossary (No longer online)

Tech (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  2. Glossary of Composite Terms (No longer online)
  3. Compound: /Chocolate Glossary
  4. Explosives (No longer online)
  5. Lake and Water Word Glossary (No longer online)
  6. Compound: Fiberglass Glossary
  7. Oil Analysis (No longer online)
  8. Oil and Gas Well Drilling and Servicing eTool (No longer online)
  9. COMPOUND: Power Engineering
  10. Washington State Definitions and Abbreviations of Vetrinary Terms (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  An enclosure within which workers, prisoners, or soldiers are confined.
noun:  An enclosure for secure storage.
noun:  A group of buildings situated close together, e.g. for a school or block of offices.
adjective:  Composed of elements; not simple.
adjective:  (mathematics) Dealing with numbers of various denominations of quantity, or with processes more complex than the simple process.
adjective:  (music) An octave higher than originally (i.e. a compound major second is equivalent to a major ninth).
noun:  Anything made by combining several things.
noun:  (chemistry) A substance formed by chemical bonding of two or more elements in definite proportions by weight.
noun:  (chemistry, dated) A substance made from any combination of ingredients.
noun:  (linguistics) A lexeme that consists of more than one stem.
noun:  (law) A legal procedure whereby a criminal or delinquent avoids prosecution in a court in exchange for his payment to the authorities of a financial penalty or fine.
noun:  (linguistics) A lexeme that consists of more than one stem or an affix, e.g. "bookshop", "high school" or "non-standard".
noun:  (rail transport) A compound locomotive, a steam locomotive with both high-pressure and low-pressure cylinders.
verb:  (transitive) To form (a resulting mixture) by combining different elements, ingredients, or parts; to mingle with something else.
verb:  (transitive, law) To settle by agreeing on less than the claim, or on different terms than those stipulated.
verb:  (transitive) To settle amicably; to adjust by agreement.
verb:  (intransitive) To come to terms of agreement; to settle by a compromise.
verb:  (transitive, obsolete) To compose; to constitute.
verb:  (intransitive, finance) To increase in value with interest, where the interest is earned on both the principal sum and prior earned interest.
verb:  (transitive, see usage notes) To worsen a situation.
verb:  (horse racing, intransitive) Of a horse: to fail to maintain speed.
noun:  Short for compound exercise. [Any physical exercise that works several groups of muscles at the same time.]

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