a compound that is written without a space or hyphen in the middle, for example ‘halftime’ or ‘lunchbox’This meaning is based on one submitted to the Open Dictionary from United Kingdom on 08/03/2018
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affix
affixation
anaphora
closed compound
noun countable linguistics
US /ˌkloʊzd ˈkɑmpaʊnd/
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singular
closed compound
plural
closed compounds
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a compound that is written without a space or hyphen in the middle, for example “halftime” or “lunchbox”This meaning is based on one submitted to the Open Dictionary from United Kingdom on 08/03/2018
Synonyms and related words
Linguistic terms relating to word formation and phrase building