Compound Nouns | Compound Noun Examples

 Compound Nouns | Compound Noun Examples

Definition:

When two or more than two words are combined together to form a new noun is known as ‘Compound Noun’.

Examples of Compound Nouns:

·         Toothpaste

·         Toothbrush

·         Washing Machine

·         Driving License

·         Swimming Pool

·         Classmate

·         Newspaper

·         Father-in-law

·         Brother-in-law

·         Southeast

·         Snowboard

Kinds of Compound Noun

·         Open Compounds

·         Closed Compounds

·         Hyphenated Compounds

 

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Open Compounds

When a compound noun is created with the combination of modifying adjective with a noun to create a new noun in known as Open Compound Nouns.

These types of nouns always have space between them.

Examples of Open Compound Nouns:

·         Living room

·         Real State

·         High School

·         Roller Coaster

·         First Aid

 

If the merging adverb ends with ly, the compound noun will always be two separated words.

Example:

·         Horribly Fast

·         Newly designed

 

Closed Compounds

Closed compounds are the words which look like a single word. These are also made up with two words. Few examples are.

Example:

·         Waistcoat

·         Toothpaste

·         Gentlemen

·         Seafood

·         Classmate

 

Hyphenated Compound Nouns

Hyphenated Compound Nouns are the compound nouns which are created using hyphen among them.

Example:

·         Mother-in-law

·         Warm-up

·         X-ray

Types of Noun

    1) Common Nouns

    2) Proper Nouns

    3) Concrete Nouns

    4) Abstract Nouns

    5) Compound Nouns

    6) Collective Nouns

    7) Material Nouns

    8) Possessive Nouns

    9) Countable Nouns

    10) Uncountable Nouns