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open compounds

open compounds is the plural of open compound.

Meaning of open compound

Noun

open compound (plural open compounds)

  1. A compound word with spaces in it, for example, high school, school bus, or science fiction.
    • Two-word compounds--named open compounds in Edward N. Teall's Meet Mr. Hyphen--are in fact very common.1951, English Journal, Volume 40

Questions about open compounds

What is open compounds the plural of?
Open compounds is the plural of open compound.

Words near open compounds in the dictionary

  1. open comedone
  2. open comedones
  3. open comedos
  4. open communion
  5. open compound
  6. open compounds
  7. open content
  8. open convention
  9. open conventions
  10. open core
  11. open cover

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