compounds
noun
Definitions
An enclosure within which workers, prisoners, or soldiers are confined
A group of buildings situated close together, e.g. for a school or block of offices
noun
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Anything made by combining several things.
A substance made from any combination elements.
A substance formed by chemical union of two or more ingredients in definite proportions by weight.
A lexeme that consists of more than one stem; compound word; for example laptop, formed from lap and top.
verb
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To form (a resulting mixture) by combining different elements, ingredients, or parts.
Example: to compound a medicine
To assemble (ingredients) into a whole; to combine, mix, or unite.
To modify or change by combination with some other thing or part; to mingle with something else.
To settle by agreeing on less than the claim, or on different terms than those stipulated.
Example: to compound a debt