{"id":2172,"date":"2022-04-13T00:32:01","date_gmt":"2022-04-12T19:02:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamlabs.net\/?page_id=2172"},"modified":"2022-04-16T19:35:22","modified_gmt":"2022-04-16T14:05:22","slug":"compound-words","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mamlabs.net\/index.php\/compound-words\/","title":{"rendered":"Compound Words"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Part: 01<\/mark><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Compound word is a combination of two or more separate words. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><strong>Classification of compound words:<\/strong> <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"612\" height=\"241\" src=\"https:\/\/mamlabs.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/compound-words_chart.web_.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2174\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/compound-words_chart.web_.webp 612w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/compound-words_chart.web_-300x118.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 612px) 100vw, 612px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mamlabs.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Compound-word.web_.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2202\" width=\"248\" height=\"214\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Compound-word.web_.webp 454w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Compound-word.web_-300x259.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 248px) 100vw, 248px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>Word + Word = Compound Word <\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-white-color\">True compounds<\/mark><\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>True compound words are a group of words that have a fixed form and a special meaning. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Example:<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Hotbed = an undesirable state or condition. <\/li><li>The town is small but a hot bed of crime. <\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"502\" height=\"368\" src=\"https:\/\/mamlabs.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/hotbed.00.web_-1.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2208\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/hotbed.00.web_-1.webp 502w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/hotbed.00.web_-1-300x220.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 502px) 100vw, 502px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>         It has totally different meaning as the individual meanings of the two words hot and bed and can\u2019t be said as \u2013 \u201cThe bed is hot\u201d. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Some more examples:<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Hot air<\/strong>: meaningless talk or ideas. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Hotchpotch<\/strong> (BE) \/ <strong>Hodgepodge<\/strong> (AE): irregularly mixed things or arrangement.<\/li><li><strong>Hot-cross bun<\/strong>: a small sweet cake which is eaten on Good Friday, just before Easter.<\/li><li><strong>Hot dog:<\/strong> a cooked Frankfurter or other Sausage in a long bread roll.<\/li><li><strong>Hot flush<\/strong> (BE) \/ <strong>Hot flash<\/strong> (AE): A sudden feeling of heat in the skin (experienced esp. by women during menopause). <\/li><li><strong>Note: <\/strong>BE = British English. AE = American English <\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-white-color\">Free compounds<\/mark><\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>Free compound words are a group of words that simply appear together in a sentence or phrase and have no special meaning. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Example:<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Hot weather<\/strong> = A period of usually high temperatures. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>I felt a bit hot weather there. (The weather was hot there). <\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"408\" height=\"332\" src=\"https:\/\/mamlabs.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/hot_weather.web_.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2211\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/hot_weather.web_.webp 408w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/hot_weather.web_-300x244.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 408px) 100vw, 408px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>Here the meaning is not fixed or special. It simply conveys the basic<br>meanings of the two words and can be said as \u201cthe weather is hot\u201d too. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Some more examples: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Face cream<\/strong> = cream used for face.<\/li><li><strong>Walkie-talkie<\/strong> = A small portable radio instrument.<\/li><li><strong>Dry cell<\/strong> = A small cell (battery) containing no free liquid.<\/li><li><strong>Toll-free<\/strong> = having no toll levied for its use.<\/li><li><strong>Fair deal<\/strong> = Fair treatment.<\/li><li><strong>Storehouse<\/strong> = A depository for goods. <\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-purple-color\">The formation of compound words<\/mark>: <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Compound words are formed from nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> Generally compound words are formed with the combinations of two or more of the above<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>words. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><strong>Noun + Noun: <\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p><strong>Examples: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Airhostess, armchair, doorstep, earring, haystack, hot air, hot bed, hot-cross bun, hot dog, hotchpotch (BE) \/ hodgepodge (AE), hot flush (BE) \/ hot flash (AE), manservant, moneylender, moonlight, newspaper, oilcloth\/oilpaper, postman, railway, ringleader, shoemaker, signpost, taxpayer, teaspoon, trapdoor, windmill, etc. <\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><strong>Noun + Verb: <\/strong><\/p><p><strong>(Compound Verb)<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p><strong>Examples: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Backbite, earmark, wayleave, gold rush, etc. <\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><strong>Noun + Adjective: <\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>(Compound Adjectiv<\/strong>e) <\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p><strong>Examples: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Handmade, homesick, lifelong, skin-deep, waterproof, lovelorn, etc. <\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><strong>Verb + Noun: <\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p><strong>Examples: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Breakfast, cutthroat, daredevil, makeshift, passport, pickpocket, spendthrift, stopgap, telltale, etc. <\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><strong>Adjective + Noun:<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p><strong>Examples: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Black-and-white, madman, quicksilver, stronghold, nobleman, shorthand, sweetheart, etc. <\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><strong>Adjective + Verb: <\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>(Compound Ve<\/strong>rb) <\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p><strong>Examples: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dry-clean, safeguard, whitewash, etc. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><strong>Adjective + Adjective: <\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>(Compound Adjectives) <\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p><strong>Examples: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lukewarm, readymade, red-hot, widespread, etc. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><strong>Gerund + Noun: <\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p><strong>Examples:<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Blotting paper, Drawing room, laughingstock, looking glass, skipping rope, walking stick, steppingstone, etc. <\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><strong>Adverb + Noun:<\/strong> <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p><strong>Examples:<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Afterthought, downfall, foresight, offshoot, outpatient, overcoat, overdose, overload, postscript, undertone, upland, etc. <\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><strong>Verb + adverb:<\/strong> <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p><strong>Examples:<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Breakdown, diehard, drawback, farewell, go-between, lookup, runaway, sendoff, standstill, walkover, etc. <\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><strong>Adverb + Verb:<\/strong> <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p><strong>Examples:<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Income, intake, offspring, outburst, outcast, outcome, outcry, outfit, outlet, outlook, output, outset, upkeep, upstart, etc. <\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><strong>Adverb + Participle: <\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>(Compound Adjectives)<\/strong> <\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p><strong>Examples:<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Everlasting, never-ending, outspoken, well-dressed, etc. <\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><strong>Note:<\/strong> Abbreviations used:<br>          BE = British English; AE = American English <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Part: 01 Compound word is a combination of two or more separate words. Classification of compound words: Word + Word = Compound Word True compound words are a group of words that have a fixed form and a special meaning. Example: Hotbed = an undesirable state or condition. 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