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Meaning of compounds

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

compounds

noun

Definitions

  1. An enclosure within which workers, prisoners, or soldiers are confined

  2. A group of buildings situated close together, e.g. for a school or block of offices

noun

Definitions

  1. Anything made by combining several things.

  2. A substance made from any combination elements.

  3. A substance formed by chemical union of two or more ingredients in definite proportions by weight.

  4. A lexeme that consists of more than one stem; compound word; for example laptop, formed from lap and top.

verb

Definitions

  1. To form (a resulting mixture) by combining different elements, ingredients, or parts.

    Example: to compound a medicine

  2. To assemble (ingredients) into a whole; to combine, mix, or unite.

  3. To modify or change by combination with some other thing or part; to mingle with something else.

  4. To settle by agreeing on less than the claim, or on different terms than those stipulated.

    Example: to compound a debt