What does "compound sentence" mean?

A sentence that contains two or more independent clauses, joined by a conjunction (such as 'but', 'and') or punctuation (such as ',').

Compound sentence

Common synonyms include: compound clause, compound construction, coordinated sentence, juvenile diction, linked sentence.

noun

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Noun

1
A sentence that contains two or more independent clauses, joined by a conjunction (such as 'but', 'and') or punctuation (such as ',').
2
a sentence composed of at least two coordinate independent clauses wordnet