Compound words are words that add together to make a new word, like the word side and walk, to make sidewalk. These words often develop over time.[1] They can start as two words joined with a hyphen, and then become a compound word. There are three types of compound words; closed, hyphenated and open.[1] A closed compound word is joined into one word like keyboard or makeup. A hyphenated word is two words joined with a hyphen like mother-in-law. Open compound words are words which are used together like police station, or fire engine.
Common compound words
This is a list with some common compound words.
- airplane
- baseball
- basketball
- bedroom
- butterfly
- cupcake
- firefighter
- firefly
- football
- handbag
- headphones
- ice cream
- jellyfish
- keyboard
- lighthouse
- lipstick
- mailbox
- moonshine
- notebook
- pancake
- peppermint
- popcorn
- rainbow
- snowball
- sunglasses
- sunflower
- teapot
- toothache
- toothbrush
- toothpaste
- toothpick
- waterfall
- newspaper
References
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