• n.
    ⦿a word (as anthropology, kilocycle, builder) consisting of any of various combinations of words, combining forms, or affixes.
    lexical concept
  • Also common in English is another type of verb-noun (or noun-verb) compound, in which an argument of the verb is incorporated into the verb, which is then usually turned into a gerund, such as breastfeeding, finger-pointing, etc.

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Lexical context

wn:part of speechnoun
ontolex:lexicalized sense
  1. enl:compound
  2. enl:compound word
wn:interlingual indexili:in

Other

skos:is in schemeOpen English WordNet
rdfs:label
  • compoundcompound word
  • compound word