English Dictionary

compound word

noun

(linguistics) A word composed of two or more stems. Examples include pancake, two-tone, and school bus. In English, it may or may not have a space or hyphen.

I love using compound words in my writing.

意味（1）

(linguistics) A word composed of two or more stems. Examples include pancake, two-tone, and school bus. In English, it may or may not have a space or hyphen.

A Compound Word, is that which is Compounded of two or more Words; as a Book-Seller, Compounded of Book and Seller; a Watch-man, of Watch and Man.

意味（2）

A word composed of two or more stems or a prefixed word.

A compound word is formed of two or more simple words; as, country-man, gold-smith, ink-horn; or of a simple word and a preposition; as, over-come, with-draw, dis-engage.