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Compound word

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Noun
  1. 1
    A word composed of two or more stems.

    "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."

  2. 2
    a word (as anthropology, kilocycle, builder) consisting of any of various combinations of words, combining forms, or affixes. wordnet

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From compound + word.

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