Compound Words,

Blends, and
Phrasal Words
GROUP 5
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Compound Versus Phrases
Compound word is combining not and
the much smaller category of phrasal
word
Example : Blackboard (Board for
Writing)

Phrasal word are complex items that

function as words, yet whose internal
structure is that clause or phrase rather
than of a compound
Example : Black Board (Board that is
Black)
 More Example
Compound Phrases
WhíteHouse : residence of White hóuse : house
the US President that is white
Blueberry [Adjective + Milk bottle : bottle for
Noun compound] containing milk
Workroom [Verb + Noun Toy Factory : factory
compound] that is a toy (e.g. in a
Toy factory : factory model city)
where toys are made Hair net : net made of
(the) White House : hair
residence of the US Silk worm : worm of silk
Hairnet : net for covering (e.g. a soft toy)
hair
 Compound Verb
A compound verb is a verb made up of multiple
words. In the English language, compound verbs
create a new word greater than the meanings
of the original words.
Type
Verb-Verb (VV) : stir-fry, freeze-dry
Noun-Verb (NV) : hand-wash, air-condition,
steam-clean
Adjective-Verb (AV) : dry-clean, whitewash
Preposition-Verb (PV) : underestimate,
outrun, overcook
 Compound Adjective
Compound Adjective is formed when two or more adjective are join
together to modify the same noun.
Noun-Adjective (NA) : sky-high, coal-black, oil rich
Adjective-Adjective (AA) : grey-green, squeaky-clean
Preposition-Adjective (PA) : underfull, overactive

Note :
1. Compound adjective should be hyphenated to avoid confusion of
ambiguity
2. If the word are clear, we could not use the hyphen
Example :
Terribly hot : it was terribly hot day
Amazing good : it is amazing good idea
 Compound Noun
Compound Noun are words for people, animal, place, thing, or idea
made up of two or more words.
Verb-Noun (VN) : sweatword, drophammer, playtime
Noun-Noun (NN) : hairnet, mosquito net, butterfly
Adjective-Noun (AN) : blackboard, greenstone, faintheart
Preposition-Noun (PN) : in-group, outpost, overcoat
Character/types of compound nouns :
1. Solid compound (based on one word). Example : toothpaste, haircut,
bedroom
2. Use hypen. Example : dry-cleaning, daughter-in-law, well-being
3. Separate words. Example : swimming pool, full moon
 Headed and Headless
Compounds
Headed compounds are compounds which have an
internal centre (it is called endocentric), for examples
like blackboard, greenstone, etc. But headless
compounds are compounds which do not have an
internal centre (it is called exocentric), for examples:
faintheart (is not a kind of heart but a kind of person
who has a faint heart), pickpocket (is not a kind of
pocket)
 Headed and Headless
Compounds
HEADLESS : The meaning is not
specified
Example : Pickpocket exocentric : headless
Faintheart

HEADED : The meaning is specified

Example : Blackboard
endocentric : headed
Greenstone
 Blends & Acronyms
Blens Acronyms
Blends is a word formed by Acronym is a word formed
merging the sounds and from the initial letters of name
meaning of two or more other Example :
words or word art. NATO : North Atlantic Treaty
Example : Organization
cheese + hamburger RAM : Random Access Memory
(cheeseburger)
motor + hotel (motel)
smog + fog (smog)
gasholine + alcohol
(gasohol)
 Compounds Containing Bound
Combining Forms
The vocabulary of English, especially in scientific and
technical areas, includes a huge repertoire of compounds
that are made up of bound roots, known as combining
forms. Here are just a few:

(23) anthropology, sociology, cardiogram,

electrocardiogram, retrograde, retrospect, plantigrade

For most of these, the meaning of the whole is clearly

determinable from that of the parts: for example :
Anthrop(o)- ‘human’ plus -(o)logy ‘science or study’ yields a
word that means ‘science or study of human beings’
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