{"id":6730,"date":"2022-09-05T05:00:42","date_gmt":"2022-09-05T05:00:42","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-05-27T23:15:41","modified_gmt":"2024-05-28T06:15:41","slug":"compound-words","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wordscoach.com\/blog\/compound-words\/","title":{"rendered":"Compound Words"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"words-head\" id=\"words-786118569\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-5017566440575750\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5017566440575750\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"3340569236\" \ndata-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-color\">What is a Compound Words?<\/mark><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wordscoach.com\/blog\/category\/vocabulary\/compound-words\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">compound word<\/a> is where two or more root words are merged into a new and different word.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Compound words can be written in three ways:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Open compounds<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Closed compounds<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hyphenated compounds<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Common Compound Word Examples<\/mark><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Compound word:<\/mark><\/strong> Football<br><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-color\">Individual words:<\/mark><\/strong> Foot + ball<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Compound word:<\/mark><\/strong> Notebook<br><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-color\">Individual words:<\/mark><\/strong> Note + book<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Compound word:<\/mark><\/strong> Railroad<br><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-color\">Individual words:<\/mark><\/strong> Rail + road<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Compound word:<\/mark><\/strong> Snowball<br><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-color\">Individual words:<\/mark><\/strong> Snow + ball<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wordscoach.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Compound-words-list-wordscoach.com_-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21128\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wordscoach.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Compound-words-list-wordscoach.com_-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.wordscoach.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Compound-words-list-wordscoach.com_-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wordscoach.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Compound-words-list-wordscoach.com_-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wordscoach.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Compound-words-list-wordscoach.com_-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.wordscoach.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Compound-words-list-wordscoach.com_-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wordscoach.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Compound-words-list-wordscoach.com_.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Open Compound Words<\/mark><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Open compound words are slightly different because they still appear as two words separated by a space. However, we still consider them a compound word because when they are used together they take on a new and different meaning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Examples:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Living room<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Full moon<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ice cream<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>peanut butter<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Boy Scouts<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>no one<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>real estate<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>high school<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: initial;\">sweet tooth<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>hot dog<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>grand jury<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>post office<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>half sister<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>cave in<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Closed Compound Words<\/mark><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Closed compound words are the most recognizable of the three different types. These words are created when other smaller words come together to form one new larger word.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Examples:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Waistcoat<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Railroad<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mailbox<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>bullfrog<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>snowball<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>mailbox<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>grandmother<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>railroad<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>sometimes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>inside<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>upstream<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>basketball<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>anybody<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>outside<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>cannot<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>skateboard<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>everything<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>schoolhouse<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>grasshopper<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>sunflower<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>moonlight<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Hyphenated Compound Words<\/mark><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Hyphenated compound words can be tricky as there are many rules to remember. However, the main point to remember is that, in most cases, an open compound word will be hyphenated if it&#8217;s to modify another noun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Examples:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Mother-in-law<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Long-term<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Merry-go-round<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>two-fold<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>check-in<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>father-in-law<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>seventy-two<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>up-to-date<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>one-half<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>over-the-counter<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-color\">Compound words list<\/mark><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table  class=\" table table-hover\" ><tbody><tr><td><strong>Closed compound words<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Open compound words<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Hyphenated compound words<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Waistcoat<\/td><td>Living room<\/td><td>Mother-in-law<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Railroad<\/td><td>Full moon<\/td><td>Long-term<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Mailbox<\/td><td>Ice cream<\/td><td>Merry-go-round<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>bullfrog<\/td><td>peanut butter<\/td><td>two-fold<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>snowball<\/td><td>Boy Scouts<\/td><td>check-in<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>mailbox<\/td><td>no one<\/td><td>father-in-law<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>grandmother<\/td><td>real estate<\/td><td>seventy-two<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>sometimes<\/td><td>high school<\/td><td>up-to-date<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>inside<\/td><td>sweet tooth<\/td><td>one-half<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>outside<\/td><td>post office<\/td><td>over-the-counter<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/d3c1yyje0uguxm.cloudfront.net\/2022\/09\/What-is-a-Compound-Words-wordscoach.com_-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"What is a Compound Words - wordscoach.com\" class=\"wp-image-6735\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wordscoach.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/What-is-a-Compound-Words-wordscoach.com_-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.wordscoach.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/What-is-a-Compound-Words-wordscoach.com_-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wordscoach.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/What-is-a-Compound-Words-wordscoach.com_-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wordscoach.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/What-is-a-Compound-Words-wordscoach.com_-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.wordscoach.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/What-is-a-Compound-Words-wordscoach.com_-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wordscoach.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/What-is-a-Compound-Words-wordscoach.com_.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><br><br><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.users.wordsdaily\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Download the Words Coach<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Compound Words: One major grammatical point when speaking, reading or writing in English are compound words. 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