They are more correctly known as closed compound words.
When two words are used together to yield a new meaning, a compound is formed. Compound words can be written in three ways: as open compounds (spelled as two words, e.g., ice cream), closed compounds (joined to form a single word, e.g., doorknob), or hyphenated compounds (two words joined by a hyphen, e.g., long-term).
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I have for a long time wanted to use closed compounds in the USMB game Keep a Word Delete a Word (www.usmessageboard.com/threads/keep-a-word-delete-a-word-2-0.306477/), but they technically don't count. Now I can have a little bit of revenge by posting them here.
I have also wanted to post hyphenated words in Keep a Word, but they don't count either, so let's include them here also, although I primarily would like to see closed compound words. There are lots of them! Some examples...
herein
friendship
sidewalk
highland
So double up and post closed compound words.
When two words are used together to yield a new meaning, a compound is formed. Compound words can be written in three ways: as open compounds (spelled as two words, e.g., ice cream), closed compounds (joined to form a single word, e.g., doorknob), or hyphenated compounds (two words joined by a hyphen, e.g., long-term).
Compound Words: Open, Closed, or Hyphenated?
Compound words are when two or more words combine to form a new single word or a phrase that acts like a single word. There…
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I have for a long time wanted to use closed compounds in the USMB game Keep a Word Delete a Word (www.usmessageboard.com/threads/keep-a-word-delete-a-word-2-0.306477/), but they technically don't count. Now I can have a little bit of revenge by posting them here.
I have also wanted to post hyphenated words in Keep a Word, but they don't count either, so let's include them here also, although I primarily would like to see closed compound words. There are lots of them! Some examples...
herein
friendship
sidewalk
highland
So double up and post closed compound words.
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