closed compound

English

Noun

closed compound (plural closed compounds)

(grammar) A compound word without spaces in it. Some examples: dishcloth, keyboard, pancake, altogether, accuse, waterproof.

Synonyms

solid compound

Hypernyms

Coordinate terms

hyphenated compound
open compound

Translations

grammar: compound without spaces

Finnish: yhdyssana (fi)

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