What are Compound Words?
Compound words are formed by joining two or more words to create a new word which may have a different, new meaning.
Types of Compound Words
There are three types of compound words.
Closed Compound words:
These words are formed with different words but written as a single word.
Open Compound words:
These words are formed with different words but written with a space in between.
Hyphenated Compound words:
These words are formed when separate words are joined together by a hyphen.
Examples:-
Noun + Noun
News + paper = Newspaper
Basket + ball = Basketball
Eye + ball = Eyeball
Sea + shore = Seashore
Key + board = Keyboard
Gerund + Noun
Swimming + pool = Swimming pool
Visiting + card = visiting card
Living + room = Living room
Working + day = Working day
Waiting + list = Waiting list
Noun + Verb
Back + bite = backbite
Type + write = Typewrite
Head + line = Headline
Photo + shoot = Photoshoot
Earth + quake = Earthquake
More examples..
Match + box = Matchbox
Air + port = Airport
Blood + bank = Blood bank
Pop + corn = Popcorn
Sky + blue = Skyblue
Hair + cut = Haircut
Book + mark = Bookmark
Sewing + machine = Sewing machine
Soft + ware = Software
Sun + light = Sunlight
Safe + guard = Safeguard
Blue + print = Blueprint
Water + fall = Waterfall
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