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Compound Nouns

Compound Nouns
Written by Rakesh Kumar

Compound Nouns

 

Today in this article we are going to introduce you Compound Nouns to increase your English vocabulary knowledge. In the earlier post you have read about the “ Direct and Indirect Speech in detail ”.

 

Compound Nouns:-

Learn list of 110+ Common This  Nouns in English with examples.

 

 

 

Ways To Form a Compound Noun-

 

“Compound nouns are nouns that are made with two or more words. Here are 08 ways to form a compound noun in English.”

 

 

 

Noun + Noun:  girlfriend, greenhouse, football, grandmother, homework, teacup, friendship, etc.

 

Noun + Verb:  heartbeat, sunrise, raindrop, handmade, haircut, etc.

 

Adjective + Noun: blackboard, greenhouse, highway, etc.

 

Adverb + Noun: online, overdue, overdose, outside, outdoor, etc.

 

Verb + Noun: washing machine, swimming pool, etc.

 

Adverb + Verb: output, intake, etc.

 

Verb + Adverb : takeover, etc.

 

Adverb + Noun: upstairs, downstairs, etc.

 

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List of Compound Nouns in English-

 

Anymore

 

Anyplace

 

Anything

 

Anywhere

 

Airline

 

Airport

 

Aircraft

 

Armchair

 

Boyfriend

 

Battlefield

 

Background

 

Basketball

 

Battleship

 

Backache

 

Birthday

 

Blackboard

 

Bookshelf

 

Bookworm

 

Booklet

 

Breakfast

 

Brainstorm

 

Briefcase

 

Butterfly

 

Countdown

 

Comeback

 

Carpet

 

Cowboy

 

Cupboard

 

Chopstick

 

Classmate

 

Daredevil

 

Dishwasher

 

Dishwater

 

Doorstop

 

Doorway

 

Daydream

 

Dragonfly

 

Everybody

 

Everything

 

Earrings

 

Eyeglasses

 

Eyeball

 

Evergreen

 

Everybody

 

Everyday

 

Fingerprint

 

Fireworks

 

Football

 

Footprint

 

Forecast

 

Friendship

 

Gentleman

 

Goldfish

 

Grandfather

 

Grandmother

 

Grasshopper

 

Greenhouse

 

Hallway

 

Handcuff

 

Haircut

 

Headache

 

Heartbeat

 

Handmade

 

Highway

 

Homework

 

Horsefly

 

Houseboat

 

Inside

 

Ladybug

 

Landlady

 

Leadership

 

Lighthouse

 

Lifespan

 

Moonlight

 

Myself

 

Notebook

 

Newspaper

 

Nobody

 

Onset

 

Outside

 

Overboard

 

Overdose

 

Overdue

 

Pancake

 

Partnership

 

Photocopy

 

Policeman

 

Popcorn

 

Postman

 

Railway

 

Rainbow

 

Raindrops

 

Raincoat

 

Rattlesnake

 

Ringworm

 

Sandbags

 

Seafood

 

Seashore

 

Skateboard

 

Skyscraper

 

Sandcastle

 

Snowboard

 

Southeast

 

Starlight

 

Strawberry

 

Sunlight

 

Sunshine

 

Teardrop

 

Teacup

 

Teapot

 

Thunderstorm

 

Timetable

 

Toolbox

 

Waterproof

 

Wardrobe

 

Weekend

 

Yourself

 

 

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Rakesh Kumar