compound¹

B1 Topic:Chemistry

Also spelled incompounded

US /ˈkɑmpaʊnd/ UK /ˈkɒmpaʊnd/ See IPA manual

noun / adj

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Homographs: compound² /kəmˈpaʊnd/ — verb

Pronunciation and word origins: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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Meanings

1

noun
a substance made by combining two or more elements or ingredients

Water is a compound of hydrogen and oxygen.
2

adj
made up of two or more parts

"Bookcase" is a compound word made from "book" and "case".
3

noun
an area with a group of buildings inside a fence or wall

The family lived in a guarded compound outside the city.

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Synonyms

2 adj · made up of two or more parts composite

Word family

Forms compoundedcompoundingcompoundsuncompounded

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Etymology

From Middle English compounen, from Middle French componre, compondre (“to put together”), from Latin componō, from Latin com- (“together”) + ponō (“to put”).

Topics

Chemistry Materials & Substances

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