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(linguistics) A word which combines the meaning of two words (or, rarely, more than two words), formed by combining the words, usually, but not always, by adjoining the first part of one word and the last part of the other, the adjoining parts often having a common vowel; for example, smog, formed from smoke and fog.
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portmanteau word
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portmanteau word
noun
(linguistics)
A
word
which
combines
the
meaning
of
two
words
(or,
rarely,
more
than
two
words),
formed
by
combining
the
words,
usually,
but
not
always,
by
adjoining
the
first
part
of
one
word
and
the
last
part
of
the
other,
the
adjoining
parts
often
having
a
common
vowel;
for
example,
smog,
formed
from
smoke
and
fog.
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(linguistics)
A
word
which
combines
the
meaning
of
two
words
(or,
rarely,
more
than
two
words),
formed
by
combining
the
words,
usually,
but
not
always,
by
adjoining
the
first
part
of
one
word
and
the
last
part
of
the
other,
the
adjoining
parts
often
having
a
common
vowel;
for
example,
smog,
formed
from
smoke
and
fog.